CHILDREN DAY: NAWOJ Charges Mothers to Invest More on Children

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has charged parents to invest more in training and development of their children than in personal career pursuit

Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole, National President of NAWOJ gave the charge on Saturday in commemoration of the 2017 Children’s Day celebration.

She said that parents, especially mothers should not be carried away by developing themselves and making money to the detriment of the development of their children.

She called on career women in journalism and other professions to draw a line between their career and the future of their children, who are the most priced possession.

“It is your primary assignment first to take care of the children you have brought into this World.

Taking care of children is not about providing their daily financial and social needs.

There are emotional needs, which you must not delegate, you must be the first role model for your children.

The only way to ensure that your child is brought up the right way is to bring that child up yourself.

How would you expect your child to learn the right things if you are absent and leave them in the hands of the help who is usually uneducated.

If we must have a society made of good individuals, then parents must retrace their steps and go back to doing their primary assignment: of bringing up their children in the right way.

As we celebrate this day, let us bring up children that will contribute to society not those who will be a burden to us and the society.