On Interenational Women’s Day: As we celebrate the International Women’s Day today, majority of the people will be keen to take stock of the myriad of achievements women have registered since they “left the kitchen”.
Today, many a modern woman would be deeply offended at the mention of returning to the ‘kitchen’, for gone days, women (including my own mother, RIP) honestly suffered. In fact, some women nowadays have practically abdicated from their original smoky duties, handing over to ‘lesser women’ in the name of housemaids. Resultantly, children have been part of the hand over items, and are paying the price.
In the Holy Bible, a when Martha lost her brother Lazarus, she said unto Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my child would not have died”. The media nowadays is awash with stories of innocent children killed at the hands of strangers; others tortured; others sacrificed; others abducted, while both their parents are away to work.
The children’s little souls there in heaven, must be silently saying, “Mum, (or Dad) if you had been around, all this would not have happened to me.” Perhaps the mum will respond, “Son, you surely know how much I loved you. I was away to fend for your survival.” Then the child may softly say, “Mum, thank you so much; but all I needed was you.”
Readmore as published in New Vision:e proper upbringing of our children.