My don'ts in child raising

Greetings everyone 🙌

There was a time I read some dos and don'ts on child raising on the internet; a lot of people took the opportunity to pour out their own opinions, but there's one that actually caught my attention which goes like this, "all these points highlighted are very okay and look very easy to tag along but wait until you get there (for the non-parents) or when you have the hard-to-bend children."

I sighed deeply!

Although we make our plans in structuring our children, the greatest of the requirements is to have God in play because it's very possible to be strict with your child, and they'll still outsmart you. It's not like I'm being religious here...
Some years ago, I went home to meet my young female siblings playing hard games on my strict dad, and I just got weakened.🥹

---

Nevertheless, I have some don'ts I would implement in my home for my children when I start having them.

Caging my children at home:

I live in the city currently, and I have a family of three children that I consider as the closest family to me, and I always frown at the standards the parents are giving these children. They're always caged inside, never allowed to step out to mingle with the children in the neighborhood. There was a day one of them sneaked out to the next door (within the compound) to play, and the mom beat the hell out of him. I know they're being cautious and careful because the world has changed a lot compared to how it was in the early days, but that's just too far and strict. My children would never be caged indoors; they must be freed(on a controlled manner) to go out to mingle with others. This will help them bring out the creativity in them. Imagine if a child loves to play football but is never allowed to exhibit that, the love will surely die off.
I'm not saying I'm very good, but being let out to mingle with people gave me a whole lot of experiences that I can boast of today... I was brought up in the village though, and we did a lot of brave things all in the name of playing. I remember back then that we used to organize wrestling for ourselves... maybe some of us would have been into WWE by now if we took it very seriously.

There are a lot of things that children will benefit from when allowed to flow with other children in the environment... instead of making them timid, they'll be sharp and when they grow up, it wouldn't be a thing of concern to them.

Never going to shun them from sex education:

Another thing I'll never do is not letting them know more about sex education. My parents lacked this, and I didn't blame them because it was the culture then. Even till now, anything sex can never be mentioned in our home because it looks like an abomination.
I would make sure they never shy away from it. Never!

Thanks for reading.

---

_{This is my entry to Hivenaija prompt of the week}

_{Image 1}

_{Image 1}

Posted Using InLeo Alpha