Times Of Swaziland: MIND CHOICE OF WORDS

MIND CHOICE OF WORDS
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Editor on 15/07/2019 08:12:00


Sir,
A lot of young people out there have been killed and murdered by the words they
were told by their own parents, when they were very young. What you tell your
child today will affect their life forever; it’s either you kill them or you
make them live. As a parent, no matter how angry or frustrated you are, never
utter negative words towards your child because that anger will pass but the
emotional scar will forever remain and your words will ring in your child’s
ears forever.
How do you expect your children to excel when you told them they were useless
and nothing good will come from them? Whenever that individual tries to do
something they will remember what you told them and obviously they will fail.
Parents, stop pushing your children to the direction of sugar daddies and then
blame the devil for that.
Beautiful
If you don’t tell your girl child she is beautiful as a father but become a
roaring lion in the home, obviously when your child meets an old man telling her
she is beautiful and uttering the words ‘I love you’ they will fall into the
trap simply because they are not used to those words coming from a father. There
is no family curse; your children were not bewitched by anyone but yourself as a
parent through your choice of words. They lack confidence and self-esteem, and
most probably they would become doctors but they don’t believe they are good
enough because of you.
Love
If parents in this country would love and tell their children that they love
them, the rate of teenage pregnancy would drop because no girl would need to
sleep with a boy just to be told they are loved while being used. No boy would
engage in drug abuse just to be told they are cool and want to fit into a gang
of boys. No child would commit a crime just to be told they are good enough by
their peers. Young people are not possessed by demons when they do this, they
are just vulnerable, so parents please fill gaps and do justice to your
children.