Words for parents while kids are at home

BECE is over, SHS One students are home too. 

Dear parent, guardians and public, I want to remind you that these kids are still going through a process of psychological, emotional, and physical growth. They process information and make decisions based on the amygdala, the emotional part of their brain. Research has shown that humans begin to make full use of their frontal cortex which is the rational faculty of the brain around 23 to 24 years. Any decisions taken before this age are just fall outs of their emotional and psychological levels.

Can you make time to empathize, sympathize, guide, and educate them rather than shouting, shaming, blaming, comparing, or pampering? You need to know when to discipline and how to discipline responsibly, AND ALLOW THOSE WHO KNOW MORE THAN YOU to help you shape these kids?

How much time do you spend with the children, or you just dismiss their emotional needs and wants, or dump them on their church youth leaders and their peers to teach them? Do you know how these neglects grow into traumas, depressions, suicidal thoughts, and psychological disruptions later in their lives?

Here are a few things I suggest you do to keep your kids purposeful while at home:

1. Enroll them in Pre SHS and Vacation Classes.(I recommend GISAM College in Ashaiman. People attend their classes from very far and near places. Classes there are very effective and the instructors know their stuff very well. Human relations is very lovely and warm. Call or whatsApp 024 489 0216 ).

2. Enroll them in Fashion Design, computer, or any artisanal schools. These skills would later help them survive the harsh detours of life. This doesn't mean they shouldn't help at home or sell where necessary.

3. Ensure they fully participate in church activities. These activities will shape their moral lives and help them identify their purposes in life.

4. Have a hearty one on one interaction with the kids. Don't leave their development to chances. Be specific and deliberate in all things.

5. Take your kids to visit their hometowns and other places to explore new environments and learn other languages. Add books and videos carefully selected to keep them happily busy. Help them manage their time responsibly and allow them make decisions under your guidance.

Let the kids live their days worthy!

Yao Agbenyo

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Lawyer James Enu always sets the pace for Carlos in Tema West Constituency

 Does Carlos Ahenkorah care about Education in the Tema West Constituency?

Yao Agbenyo queries 

Our future leaders are starting their first ever external examination in their lives tomorrow but the MP has NOT been seen anywhere in the constituency. Does the Member of Parliament for the Tema West Constituency care? Does he know the value of Education? Does he know the pressure that kids face just at the mere thought of sitting an exam and what his presence alone could do for the kids in ameliorating their fears? As other Members of Parliament and Parliamentary Candidates across the country embark on encouragement tours donating Educational Materials and offering salient guidance to these kids as they face one of the toughest moments in their lives, does our MP see it? Does he follow the news? Has he got social media monitoring teams?  More importantly, HAS HE SEEN THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF LAWYER JAMES ENU, the NDC'S parliamentary candidate as he goes round the whole constituency with his team donating Educational Materials and offering words of motivation and inspiration to the kids and even giving money to schools to convey these kids to their exam centres to cut down the stress of walking long distances to go sit the exam?

Must the MP always be in the news for the wrong reasons? Must he always wait to be jerked up before he goes about his constitutional mandate? Must lawyer James Enu always set the pace for him to follow? Must the MP always wait to steal ideas from lawyer James Enu? If we don't have a functional MP, he should resign so we know we don't have a father in the Constituency. 

This is Tema, the land of the elites, Nkrumah's Tema! We cannot, and will not tolerate any dysfunctional leaderships any longer. Get to work or resign for the more competent person to take over the seat.

Would a father be at home and allow the family goat give birth while tied to a tree? Didn't the elders say that in the presence of an elder, a child's head is not allowed to droop? If we have an elder who neglects the mandates of his grey hair, let him raise his hands in despair for the younger one with empathy to lead the family! A word to the wise....

Endorsed by:

Christian Dela Afetor

Cons. Communication Director, Tema West