24/06/2026
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE PHOTO. THE PROBLEM IS WHAT THE PHOTO REVEALS.
When I saw these pictures of some young students celebrating after their final exams, my heart became heavy.
They might not be bad children ooh, but this pictures reveal a deeper question......
What are we teaching our children about value, dignity, boundaries, and self-respect?
Many parents today are working hard to give their children good schools, good phones, good clothes, and comfortable lives.
But who is teaching them character?
Who is teaching them self-control?
Who is teaching them honour?
Who is teaching them how to treat the opposite s*x with dignity and respect?
It is a norm that children are not raised by parents alone anymore.
Internet is now a parent.
TikTok, Instagram, facebook are now a parent.
YouTube is now a parent.
Friends are now parents.
Celebrities are now parents.
And if we don't intentionally raise our children, the world will gladly raise them for us.
The challenge is not that these children finished WAEC.
The challenge is what they believe success, fun, popularity, and maturity look like.
Many young people are growing up in a culture that celebrates attention more than character.
A culture that rewards visibility more than values. A culture that teaches them how to go viral before teaching them how to become valuable.
Parents, please hear me..... Your greatest responsibility is not paying school fees.
Your greatest responsibility is shaping human beings, have conversations with your children.
Read with them, pray with them, travel with them and let them work with you as I work with my own children.
Let them see how responsible adults think.
Let them learn respect before they learn trends. Allow them learn discipline before they learn entertainment.
Its important they learn purpose before they learn popularity because if character is not built early, talent can become dangerous.
Freedom without wisdom becomes destruction.
The goal is not to rai
