"MTOTO UMLEAVYO".

 

"Mtoto umleavyo ndivyo akuavyo"African Saying. 

Is it true that how you raise your child will determine the end result of how they will grow up to be like? This is just a normal query, nothing to get you all fired up ready to hail insults my  way. It is a simple & direct question that has been nagging at the back of my mind. The reason I ask this, is because that is what am getting from the saying that I wrote at the beginning of all these.

In my own opinion, I think it is accurate or what do you think? Let us take a step back into memory lane, back to when we were growing up & we were young, wild & free. We were the kids in the block, riding around in our bmx bikes as we raced each other along the dusty roads of our estates. You would here laughter & jeering as we tried to out do each other, seeing who was the fastest, had the newest bike........

if you do get time, look at/study those individulas who were born in the 80s, how they carry themsleves around & how they interact with others. Tell me, what do you notice? Is there a difference as between them & the current generation that were given life just recently. Does there mannerism differ from those whom have come into the new world order. Those of the earlier time understood the meaning of respect, talking in a low voice, not talking back to the elderly or your parent (this could get you knocked out cold if you yapped about) & so forth.

One thing was for sure & it always stuck in our minds, when your mum said you had to be back in the house by 4 o'clock, my friend that was not a suggestion but a direct order delivered with the most lethal of smiles. Failure to adhere to the timeline given, I can assure you, you will be in for a whooping like you have never experienced before (I can even show you the marks on my legs, thighs & even behind to prove the fatality of the beating that had been unleashed).

You have heard that it takes a whole village to rise a child, well where I come am from that was in actuality a reality. Anyone could discipline you without been questioned, now come to the current times where if you try beating a child you will either get yourself arrested, taken to court or deemed as a sadist. Parents of the new world order kids, instead of disciplining their child, they give them time out (what the hell is time out) or worse off telling them they are grounded (who in their right mind tells a child they are grounded, the only grounded I knew was when my father's belt was working on my behind while I was horizontally proportionate to the ground, eiiish).

The current generation has gotten enslaved with the latest gadgets that are in the market. You find a child only 7/8/9 years old & he/she has a smart phone more expensive than your android phone. Instead of playing outside like we used to do, one is found playing candy crush & such like games unceremoniously. Anyway if you are bring a child into this world you better make sure that you understand that he/she is going to go out into the world & meet with other people of various cultures, backgrounds & ethnicities, teach them some damn respect & don't just let loose hooligans into the otherwise peaceful world.