Parenting: Undergraduate Students and Moral Disregard in An Evolving Society
By Nwabuike Favour
In a world full of desperate and sentimental young people that are backward in common reasoning, absorbs laziness in their supposed pursuit, pays negligence to their academic field and terming education that should be their pride to be a scam.
Nigeria, an undeveloped country that is assumed developing should be a lesson on its own to the people residing therein.
It abhors to know that in the 21st century where everyone is expected to sit up, is silently becoming worst than the early days.
When a child grows above the age of 13 to 15 years at most, is it still expected to rate such person as a child? Obviously NO
At age 16, a person should be able to have a sense of reasoning, take proper care of himself or herself and atleast communicate well, these are the basics, provided there is no available health or mental challenge.
Over 65% of Nigerians are poor, this is because of the poor economic factors, the remaining 35% ranges the middle class and the rich.
Statistics shows that many Nigerians are seriously struggling and most of them are parents, as bad as the economy has turned to be, parents strive, working tirelessly and beating themselves into pressure just to ensure their children donβt lack on their formal education.
Funny enough, some of these parents barely feed properly due to how zealous they are to ensure that their children get better.
What is the fate of such parents when they find out that the child they suffered their bones to train has brought damnation to their name and the family?
It is likely able to lead to heart attack, instant collapse or even going insane, people have different ways of reacting to incidents irrespective of the age/relationship.
A person being sponsored in the tertiary institution is regarded as an adult who can take proper care of themselves and also prepared to face the future.
It is disheartening but true to say that most of the students on campus came for another business aside there education, some are exposed to bad morals in the campus while on their own end decides to push on with it.
Why will grown upβs foolishly set up a camera to record themselves in the act that is an eyesore?
It is actually better off if they go get a license to become official pornstars because thatβs what their gestures portray.
Parents or your guardians to fund you through school while you do things that are far from the education you came to acquire is an act of wickedness which not just humans but the heavens too will find unpleasant.
The world is vice versa, what you give you will definitely take back it might not be an immediate feed back but it will surely arrive just as you have put out.
These students brought shame to there various families and the entire school at large giving themselves a negative reputation to be remembered of through out their life time because the internet never forgets.
Students should ascertain ways of easing the burden and stress for parents or sponsors by simply containing themselves, being competent in their academic thereby convincing parents through workings that their labours are yielding to excellence.
Getting your parents into depression with your obnoxious character is never a just decision to make.
You can make it right if you want to THINK DEEP
To you, wonderful parent or guardian that comes across this article, you are seen and valued, your stewardship means a lot, never withdraw your parental covering as a result of heartbreak or disappointment from your child, we will keep admonishing while hoping for a positive change.
Keep going and Stay STRONG







