DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL (Taking the roles of Parenthood)

     It is said that "children are precious gifts from God", they are also "the inheritance" to their parents. But the question is, how should one treat a precious gift when received? And how can one groom or build something to the point of seeing and regard it as an inheritance? To answer this important question, let's first consider some key points that deserve our attention, then we will breakdown the question that was asked earlier. 

  

     Education is the foundation of any child to becoming enlightened about life generally. It is a structure that shapes a child's understanding to growth and development. It plays a key role in helping a child to grow in knowledge, to build and shape his or her mental capacity. It does not stop there.  It is like a drug prescription given by a doctor that needs to be given at the proper time. In other words, education breeds enlightenment. Yet if the prescription and dosage is misused, it could lead to numerous complications that could change the course of a child's growth and development.

 

    It is true every child deserves to be educated, they deserve to be able to identify and relate with other people and their environment. I remember then when my father used to relate what school was back then, though they weren't as advanced as we are in science and technology now, still they were able to make a great deal of the things they learned and knowledge they acquired. Children back then knew when to go, when to be in and the definite time to leave school. Even in the 80s when I was born and the early 90s, school was awesome and fun, even when we didn't have the privilege of attending a private one, the public ones were a master class! We respected our teachers and this sprang a certain positive dread of our teachers, so in order not to be a scapegoat we do our best to please them. Though there were some who still displayed the traits of a goat, but not as rampant as it is everywhere now. 

    To those who lived back then or even before, do you ever remember been in school till 4, 5 or 6pm? Can you recollect been in school when you were just a baby? No I doubt it!! Despite the fact that we got admitted to school when we were much older, still education was at its positive pitch then.

 

    Nowadays, our schools have taken the roles of our dear parents. From infancy, a child is now placed in school and left there till about six in the evening without the touch and attention of the mother. Most of the things the child needs to learn from the mother or father is now a modern course or subject  in our schools. Parents no longer have enough time to spend with their children and some even make worse by sending their wards to boarding schools at a very tender age. When you ask them the reason, they say 'so that the child can learn discipline or be given the proper discipline. But it begs the question:  What is the parent's primary role in the growth and development of their children?  

    It is paramount that before a child is brought forth into this world, parents must ask themselves the above question. It is not mine to tell what should be done or not for the mental, moral, emotional, social or physical growth of their child, but as parents fail to see or understand the value of their role, the bitter truth is,  it is only little that a school can do   because the foundation the parents ought to have prepared is what the schools build on and when the bedrock isn't there, what happens?

  Young ones are like sponges, they absorb what they see and hear. Haven't you noticed sometimes that it was when your little one got admitted to school he or she began to say or use some bitter words? Or he/she started doing some preposterous things that might shame one or even leave one bewildered? The truth is you can never be too sure what your little wards is exposed to when they are away. There are some boys and girls who have become homosexuals because of early exposure and no parent attention or scrutiny, while unfortunately some have been abused even by those who teach or ought to guide and guard them. 

    We are not saying here that parents shouldn't take or send their wards to school; neither are we saying it is bad, because we all know how important it is. We also know that both parent needs to work sometimes to make ends meet so as to survive. Still our maximum focus is, it is important, ideal and very essential for parents to do their own special and God-given homework before they send their children out, because we all know the saying "  failure to plan is tantamount to planning to fail"  Finally, parents even when your child needs to stay out long in school because of extra classes, be observant, approachable, be kind enough to teach them and vigilant to warning signs.

     Be the school your child deserves and needs before and after you send them off to school.  Please stay connected for more.

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