What really tears my heart into shreds is that after these 'yeye' children do all these things, the older folks give a thousand and one reasons to justify it. This is when terms like depression, mental disorders, brain malfunctions etc come in to play and instead of dealing with the issue at hand, they recommend them for endless and meaningless therapeutic sessions, meetings with psychologists, doctors, or take them to rehab homes for their 'crase' to be cured. It's only in oyinbo country that one would hear of sicknesses and diseases that are non-existent, well maybe because in this part of the world where I come from such things don't exist and we never get to hear of silly stories like that. If I'm to treat this issue with levity, I'll simply say oyinbo children are foolish!! If not how does one explain the fact that when watching some TV shows that involve violence it would clearly be spelt out "DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!!". Who doesn't know that taking poisonous substances can cause harm, pulling the trigger can kill or stabbing someone with a knife can kill too, but NO, they simply want to try out every stupid trick they see on TV.
Even though Africa is being regarded as relatively backward compared to other continents of the world, under-developed, etc I still take pride in being African because if not anything our morals, values and cultures are being held intact and inculcated into the young ones. You wouldn't find a young child here exchanging words with his parents - except say better back-hand slap don dey hungry am or a child locking himself up in a room for days claiming depression or brain malfunction. Here, na hunger go chase you comot or cure that crase and even when you eventually come out, the buttocks-lashing you'd receive would be one that wouldn't be forgotten in a hurry. It annoys me to think that parents can't take adequate responsibility of their children and the children themselves are groomed to be STUPID from the outset. Sometimes I just can't help but thank God for placing me where I am oh if not maybe by now, my 5yr old sister for don carry gun shoot me or take knife stab me finish.... In all, nothing concern me shaa -only stating the obvious.
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Jailing a 12 year old doesn't cut it to me, a rehabilitation centre for children would have been appropriate for the boy. The US citizens claim they have a right to use arms according to the 6th Amendment to the Constitution, but it has caused a lot of deaths. I think the more sophisticated they tend to live their lifestyle, the more dangerous it is for them. We are however following the same trend as we import a lot of their ideas nowadays, thanks to Hollywood and hip hop culture.
ReplyDeleteYes I concur. However, despite the fact that we try in ways possible to emulate them, I still don't believe we've degenerated to the level of youngsters committing bizarre crimes like the ones we hear of over there. Like you rightly said, "the more sophisticated they tend to live their lifestyle, the more dangerous it is for them".
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