Parents listen to your children (children)
We are the leaders of tomorrow (tomorrow)
Try to pay our school fees
And give us the best education (education)
Happy Children's day to all of us including our mummies and daddies.
We're all children of someone. I don't know how long the generation goes but it's really long and down to every grandparent, greatgrandparent and greatgreatgreatgreat (keep going), everybody has a father and mother. It's the law of nature- people do not fall from the skies, there's a certain ritual that is performed to form babies in the womb but who knows about that? Maybe I'll find out when it's time for me to be a parent 🤔
Being a child is a very special and essential part of being human or being a human being. It is at this time we make honest mistakes we don't regret because we'll probably forget most of them. At this stage we have the realest love, find playmates who may later turn to friends. It's also at this stage we're groomed to be future ‘leaders of tomorrow', even though we only get to find out how hard it is to be a young leader with all our grandparents refusing to die and occupying positions rightly meant for us when we grow up 😪 phew!
Child-like; I've always loved to hear people say I have a childlike spirit. Being childlike implies innocence, raw beauty, happiness for no particular reason,open inquisitiveness and playfulness.
I have so many fond memories from when I was a child. I remember being a fashionista, finding a way to attach ribbons to any hairdos even ‘pineapple rubber' 😅 I later bagged the social prefect position in primary 6 though, so I guess that worked out pretty well for me.
We all had different experiences as little children but one that was similar for all of us was our innocence. I remember when I wanted to make my mum happy and I took a blue pen and designed her milk handbag with her name in really bold letters; Elizabeth Ngunan Naze. I remember how she held back from giving me the beating of my life. She didn't even shout but I could see the anger on her face. She just took me outside to the veranda and gave me a sponge, soap and water to wash it off. Lol, I saw this bag a few years back and I could still see my handiwork 😅
It takes a lot of patience to raise little children, I know this because I have a younger sister I'm older than with 12 years, she'll be 10 this year and I'm a whooping 21 (exhales). From bathing them, brushing them, listening to their bickering, attending to their tears and innocent cravings, washing their mess and more, raising children can be a really serious job requiring plenty pay, but our parents did this without pay. They accepted these responsibilities and one day soon, 21 year old, child-like Sewuese would have mothering roles too.
‘Parents listen to your children, we are the leaders of tomorrow, try to pay our school fees and give us the best education'.
LISTEN to your children, pay attention to their physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and mental needs. Watch your children when they're not watching and find out things about them. Be good to your children and make yourself a safe place for them. Protect them and defend them but also teach them the basics of life.
It's Children's Day but children are nothing without parents. Love your children and give them your best.
Happy Children's Day to me 😭 I need biscuits and candies, I also need new dresses and shoes. It's really hard being an adult, I can't believe how many things I've had to do by myself including going to a doctor alone when I'm sick 😒 my daddy did that so effortlessly with us and I didn't think one day I'll have to do it alone. Adulthood is really unfair, it's like being handed exams you weren't even prepared for... no classes, notes, just plenty paper with hard questions.
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