How young parents are raising poorly behaved children

The Swahili say, "kuzaa si kazi, kazi ni kulea mwana". I concur with this though with a rider that in these days of abusing P2 and abortions men you may soon realise, taking care of a child is easier than actually impregnating a woman. Behind every pregnant woman there's a hardworking man.

I look at the children of these years especially Generation Xaxa, xweetie, xphagetti, xex and I look at the past with nostalgia. Where are the days when children could run when called by adults? When the words "sorry, sir, madam, excuse" were the norm? The levels of indiscipline is increasing giving rise to social ills. Some of the reasons for this are;

1. Absentee parents; parents nowadays have abdicated their roles. The obsession with daycare centres especially among the working class denies the child the parental touch. Much as job demands weigh down on parents, trend is emerging where even on weekends parents are busy with dance mates and their bottles.

2. Copycat parents; young parents are exposing their children to sexual attraction at a tender age. Aping whites in everything in guise of exposure is utter rubbish! It's silly how young parents teach their children how to kiss at a tender age. Such acts like "kiss mummy" "hug daddy" to young kids like seriously. Some couples engage in mouth-mouth resuscitation (kissing) before their young kids. We are showing them this is the norm and once in class 6 they begin kissing with blatant disregard of their rotten teeth and smelling mouth. This leads to increased sexual age and before you know it your class 7 daughter has "stomach"

3. Pampering kids; most Generation X were pampered by the parents thus they grow up knowing they must be babied. Sparing the rod has never been the best option for nyathi jarateng' (black child) who empties his bottoms while closing the eyes (kiro munyaga komiyo wang'e)

4. Mediocre child rights; this madness about excessive children rights has played a role in the rising indiscipline among children. That a child has the right to dictate which food he wants for supper is a big dream. Some parents for fear of the law begin bribing their children with pizza to do assignments. 

5. Probox houses; now if you want to live in towns please plan for rent. If you have children and you are living in a single room you're spoiling your children. How on earth do you begin crying like rabid dogs in the reason of "straw and bottle" exchange programme while your kids are pretending to be asleep? 

The challenges relating to poor parenting are the reasons for the rise in societal ills among the young people. Parents must be there for their children who should learn the habits from them. Running away from the responsibility of the evidence of navigation of the Southern Kingdom is dangerous for the children. They grow to be social infidels.

Lastly, there are these young parents still with a knack of night life. You must henceforth realise that the moment you gave birth you ceased being that kid you were. I know the temptations are high but not at the expense of your kid. It's important to play a mother. If you cannot then its better you take that child to a children's home and assume you never had a child other than subjecting the little kid to illicit intimacy from your sexual escapades.