IMAGE IS MINE.
Growing up, I was always sure of something, my parents were different with the way we were raised, I'm the middle child. I have two siblings, an older brother and a younger brother, we knew if we misbehaved, we were sure to get scolded and get corrected by the cane. Most children are really afraid of this and always want to abide by the rules laid down by the older ones and their parents, guardians and teachers so as not to get flogged for not abiding by the rules.
My parents were really strict with our upbringing, and never hesitated to spare the rod, on us whenever it was needed. And also scold us when it was necessary. They made sure they laid Down examples for us to follow, and one person I can say that shaped me into being the type of person I'm today, is my dad. We used to have clashes more when I was growing up with the strict upbringing that was given to us, but as I reached my early twenties, and reminisced upon my younger days, I realized that one thing that has helped me in getting to the point and place, I'm today, is the same strict and disciplined upbringing I once had a great aversion and repugnance for.
The way I was and brought up with my siblings, made us who we are today, the discipline my parents instilled in us from our very young days.
It really shaped our values and beliefs about the society we found ourselves in. It also helped us know our stand in a society that derives pleasure swaying the young ones off the path to success.
I can very much say that the discipline and strict upbringing my parents took me through has really shaped my values, mentality and beliefs about the society. Thereby helping me to know where I stand, in the immorality ridden society of today. Many times, I realized that if not for my parents, discipline,I would derailed of the path of success and ended like my many of my mates, who have
Gone astray, of the Good tracks.
The best gift my parents have given to me, so far, is the gift of having a strict upbringing. Many people didn't have this opportunity and turned out to be a nuisance in the society due to the lack of a parental figure to bring them up the right way. But I'm forever grateful because I had my parents to bring me up the right way, which is another thing. Parents can totally bring up their child with negligence, neglecting the aspect of disciplining and scolding the child when the child does something wrong or misbehaves, which results in the child growing up believing he/she can do anything and get away with it. Which is a reason why there are so many youths today, doing the wrong thing and living on a fast path to doom, but there's no one to call them to order.
My parents endeavored to show us that our morals would always decide who we are. And that our values are what we are. This they hammered into our skull, through examples, they demonstrated with themselves. Growing up In the neighborhood of Mokola, a place where the young ones are left to find their path, from a very tender age, where immorality among youths is at a high percentage, and a lot of kids are left neglected, Here was where I was brought up, And I can very much say without the strict upbringing my parents gave to me and my siblings we wouldn't be able to get to this point in life we are, amidst peer pressure and teenage influence we would have gotten carried away. But one thing I've learnt from my aged father, is that “ discipline always makes one stand out" and this I took to heart, And it has thus helped me achieve all I have.
I reiterate, and say today that the Best gift my parents have given to me, is the gift of bringing me up the right way in a strict and disciplined manner.
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