Greetings!
Children as we all know are the heritage of God and aside from this, children are so much loved by God and what this means is that they are special beings that need to be taken care of and also catered for. They need guidance and this must be provided to them without being harsh. We must also be able to balance up the way we look after them, like I said earlier, we must not be too harsh and at the same time, we must not be too soft with them.
No wonder there's a saying which says, “if we use the right hand to discipline a kid, we should use the left to draw such a kid back to ourselves.” Which means, things must be balanced up while looking or guiding a kid.
Having talked so much about kids and discipline, I would like to discuss my opinion on the topic, “kids and privacy.”
One thing that has been entrenched in many of the world's countries' constitutions is the right to privacy which means, privacy is not just a mere thing, but one thing that's very important in living a peaceful life in our society.
So, intruding on others' privacy is not something we should indulge in, in fact, we must desist and stay away from other people's privacy.
However, as regards our kids, they should be exempted from this law on privacy so as for us parents to be able to guide them very well. This is because if kids are left unchecked, they will go astray, but if checked, the parents can always put them on the right track when and if they want to go astray.
Although, there should always be a limit to how we put them to check and also as to how we invade their privacy as they also need their privacy and freedom which should not be deprived of them.
It's the way we guide them that would make or mar them in the nearest future, if we guide them well now, they will surely be a pride to us and our society in the nearest but if not, the reverse would be the case.
For someone like me, it's the way I was brought up that made me who and what I'm today. Thanks to my parents who would not let me rest until I got to a certain age where they think I can now reason and act mature on my own. Had it been they left me unchecked, maybe I would have ended up being a vagabond person in life, but thanks to them.
So, in my own opinion, kids should be checked on and the open door policy should be implemented until the kid is of a matured age where he acts maturely and handles critical issues himself. This is when the parents should stop interfering in the affairs of their kids.
I would have mentioned a certain age, but one thing is that age is not about maturity. We have seen some that are advanced in age but are not wise and vice versa.
Aside from this, there's a belief in my own part of the world that a child is never old or mature in the sight of his parents. If this is to go by, we must know that the open door policy in guiding our kids must be maintained till they get matured, but this must be done with care so as to not be too harsh on them and also violate their right to privacy.
In conclusion, we must all endeavor to bring up our kids in the right way, so that when they are of age, they would not be a threat to us and put us to shame.
This is my entry to the week 185, edition 02 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.
Thanks for reading.
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