I had an encounter with an older woman the other day,on how i should be parenting my kids.I didn’t say that it is not good to take advice’s from people,more especially the elderly ones. But what i am trying to clear here is that don’t let people see you or think that you don’t know what is good for your kids.
Look at what transpired to this.Our regular water from our tank,finished. Then at that moment i needed some water for laundry,and hubby is not home yet,he would have been the one to fetch me some water.I saw my tenant going towards our well to fetch some water.I asked my daughter(DF),to carry a bucket towards her so that she will help put some water for her,meanwhile i don’t like my kids going towards that well,because i am scared of it.But that moment i needed water,so don’t have any option than to allow her to go.On the process of fetching the water ,what they were using fell inside the well.
What happened? the lady she went out to fetch the water with ,asked her to try it by herself (as in fetching the water from the well by herself).As she was trying, the tube they were using to pull the water fell off her hand.According to her,she said both her and the woman burst into laughter.Meaning the woman was not angry,rather she said to her that she should try next time.
When the woman went inside, she told her mother that came visiting about what happened. Do you know that this her mother called me to tell me that i should be teaching my daughter on how to draw water from well.I told her madam you see,i don’t know how to do it talk more of teaching my daughter. She got more furious. She started lamenting, that that’s how we spoil our children, that in their village little kids can do more than that.I was like excuse me ma! The last time i checked,she(my daugter)and i are not from your village, and we are not living there either.So you can’t be comparing us with people in your village.
What am still saying is that we moms should not allow people to make us look like we don’t know how to raise our kids properly. It’s not when you impose hard chores on your kid,is when you are raising your kid well.You should know what your kid can do at each level of growing up.But please we should not over pamper them.
The child in question, does almost everything in the house except fetching water from the well.Even her dad forbids her from doing so at this her tender age.Besides I don’t even have any house help.So I don’t know why someone will think that i am not raising her well, just because she can’t draw water from well.
Please if you know you have encounter similar situation like this, where someone will be telling you on how you can raise your kid against your way or wish.Don’t hesitate to share your own story at the comment section.
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