Parenting is not a part-time job.

I have on many occasions heard statements like “Children of these days”, “…this generation” and many other statements that express dissatisfaction when our young friends make bizarre errors or blunders. Such statements indirectly express a pitfall in the way children are nurtured in their early years. Such demands a reflection on the role of parenting

Over time, parenting has always and will always be a spirited matter in life. We are born helpless, weak and frail. As a matter of fact, it is the responsibility of parents to play the vital role of provision of the necessities we need to voyage in life. In itself, parenting is a process. It involves nurturing from infancy to adulthood. This is the prime duty of parents. Parenting does not stop on the side of material facilitation but also provision of emotional and social support, as well as guidance and discipline in a bid of raising responsible and independent individuals.

Being a process, it follows that parenting demands time, passion and dedication. I have heard complaints like “I am too busy at work; I have no time.” Such statements are an indicator of a pitfall in this noble task. As a parent, time for the children should be fixed at all costs. It is a full-time demand. The same passion we commit to workplaces ought to be the same devotion we use in this great undertaking in the “little” time we have. We ought to fix time for the Godsends (children) we have. When we repair this gap, we will have less of the contemporary ethical turbulences we are facing. Families will stand, the church will stand, and the country will arise and shine. It is my mind. Thank you.

McPius Ssekatawa S