The Heart Breaking News that circulated in the Media recently, about an innocent boy, Sylvester-Oromoni, gruesomely killed in a boarding school, has provoked me to lend a Voice to the issue….
The travail of the 11-year old boy, who allegedly died as a result of the torture and substance he was given to drink by ‘senior students’ in a Boarding School was Such a Heart Wrenching and Pathetic news…
The senior boys, who were accused of torturing the deceased, came from a home first, before they got into the school.
Dear Parents, Please note that Schools, be it Day Schools or Boarding Schools are not Rehabilitation Centers for Badly Raised Kids or Corrupt Children…
The Primary Responsibility of Training or Grooming a Child FIRST lies with you, the Parents… When you raise your kids right, then the School will be a wholesome place for all…
The school is made up of Children from different backgrounds, with different upbringing, different Values, different Exposure…
A child who is allowed to watch violent movies or has access to Pornography, will definitely be in the company of those kids who may not even have had the privilege of having access to a Television set at home.. Where this is the case, what happens? The Exposed child will exert corrupting Influences on the innocent ones. When they are not able to have their way, they often resort to Bully, Threats or even Torture…
I will like to focus less on the school, but more on Parents…
Dear Parents, isn’t it time we wake up to smell the coffee before it gets burnt?
What exactly is the importance of Boarding Schools? Is it to make a child independent or Responsible? Isn’t this supposed to be the duty of parents? When did it become the responsibility of a school?
Is it because you need time to concentrate on your Job? Please what kind of Job is that? What kind of Job makes you forget what is of utmost importance?
Is it because you want your kids to socialize? You child can still socialize even in a day School…
I am sorry, I won’t try to sugarcoat words here. The news Absolutely Infuriated me … I will be as BLUNT as I can be…
Some of us parents are Guilty of Misplaced Priorities…
I can understand if it is a case of a man who had lost his wife, and can’t on his own take care of the kids, and so has no other option than to send the kids to a boarding school… Outside this, what justifiable reason is there to send kids to Boarding Schools?
No one should come under my post telling me “Boarding school of my time is different from Boarding Schools of the present…”
Truth is, what happens in many boarding schools presently, also happened in your time … Just maybe that those deeds weren’t exposed. There were corrupt people too, I have heard narratives of experiences from some older ones. Some hid their experiences…
Dear Parents, if you cannot take care of the treasures God entrusted to you, but instead depend on a school to do your Job, I must say that you have FAILED as Parents..
It is time for Every Parent to be INTENTIONAL when it comes to raising their children…
Take charge of your God Given Responsibility!!!! Stop leaving your responsibility to schools…
Stop giving Excuses to justify your Negligence…
Some Parents this days now expect their little Children to make sacrifices for them when it should be the other way round. This is why you will see a six month old child in a crèche, all in the name of, “the mother must work…”
No JOB, I repeat, No JOB, is more important than your Children….
Why not get involved in your child’s day to day activities? This can only be possible if your children attend day schools…
How do you expect to bond with your kids on a daily basis when he or she is in a boarding school?
How do you expect to be your child’s or Children’s confidant when they are away?
Though Bad things also happen in Day schools, Yet, it Affords you the opportunity to interact daily with your kids, know how their day went, what happened in school and all…
This way, you can quickly detect a red flag from what your child or children tell you, and if need be, withdraw them from such school immediately….
The boy was allegedly tortured in the evening when it was dark, while asleep in his room and was woken up by the corrupted so called seniors…
If it were to be a Day School, they wouldn’t have had that opportunity to operate in the dark…
If you know you are a career woman, please instead of allowing your kids suffer for your own Selfishness, DO NOT GIVE BIRTH…. Let your career be your child…
If you know you are a career man and also want to marry a career woman, please forget about raising Kids which you will leave at the mercy of Housemaids or Boarding Schools…
I will suggest that the Government Dissolve all Boarding Schools. They can be converted to Day schools…
Boarding School is a BIG – BIG NO for ME… Always has, and always will be…. I will NEVER understand why there should be Boarding Schools….
I pray that God gives the Family of the departed innocent boy the Strength to bear this loss….
I hope that the perpetrators of this gruesome and horrific crime will be brought to book..
Let me stop here for now….
#thenaturenurse
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