MAMA, PAPA, PLEASE!!!!

1.       Domestic Violence
2.       Child Prostitution
3.       Abusive Relationship
4.       Armed Robbery

The first 3 evils listed above are mainly from men against women. Men have been the agents of domestic violence, armed robbery and abuse. They have been the ones who made child prostitution a lucrative business as eager patrons and I wonder why.

Mama, Papa, have we been raising our men to be this way? Or we are not even raising nor tending them at all!

•       “I will not let you continue with this behavior and shame me when you get to your husband’s house”

•       “You do not talk like this to people; you are a woman who will be taken to another household in marriage”

•       “You are a woman, you should have more patience”

•       “He is a man, he can get away with it”

Some or all the statements listed above have been heard at one point or the other by a girl child. Mama, Papa, have we been tending to our girls and left our boys to rot?

We have heard of shooters on rampage; either in the malls or in the schools but we have not heard of one female shooter. Have we raised our girls to deal with difficult situations and left our boys to feel good things in life should always be handed over to them on a platter? But when it does not, they feel the whole world is against them.

Mama, Papa, do you know that it is not just what you “tell” them that stick to them as they grow up? Do you know that it is what they see you do that sticks more?

Mama, Papa, have we been showing our boys that they can get whatever they want without consequences? Have we been treating their sisters as “step children” while they are treated as kings in the home? Have we shown them that their needs are to be met first and other people’s needs are secondary?

Mama, Papa, are we the cause of all the harm against our sisters, daughters, friends, nieces, etc. are we the cause of all the shootings, the maiming, etc. are we?

This is to our mothers and fathers. Please let us evaluate how we been handling our boys compared to our girls. Let us not give any of our kids “illusions of grandeur” which the world cannot sustain for us. We have been there, we know this world is not a bed of roses; let us not make things too smooth for them at home (except we can smoothen the world for them) so that when they leave home and have to face the world, they will not be so disappointed as to lash out violently.

Let us make both our boys and girls into children that God himself will be proud of. So help us God “Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil.” Job 1:8