I woke up on Saturday at a friend 's house at about 5.30am and found her 13 years old daughter sweeping the floor. She proceeded to attending to the kitchen chores and later made breakfast. I was watching in unbelief knowing that children from very wealthy background are spoilt by thier parents who surround them with maids and nannies. I could not hold it back but ask my hostess why she does not have maids to take care of her children and the house? She told me she can't spoil her children all in the name of being wealthy and that the time she needed house helps was when they were still babies but now they must learn the basic chores especially the female children. Immediately my mind went to this scripture in Prov 22 vs 6 "train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it".
That encounter with that young lady teaches everyone out there not to spoil their children all in the name of " I don't want my children to suffer what I suffered". Do you know some young ladies have lost great husbands because they cannot put a simple meal together.
I have seen children who cannot carry their school bags themselves when going to school because the driver is supposed to carry it for them. We even have adults with nasty attitudes because that's how they were brought up.
I strongly recommend to parents to kindly allow thier children learn the basic home making habits and manners no matter the volume of wealthy they possess, so that these children don't end up encountering problems in the future.
On a softer note, my grand mother once asked my cousin whose wealthy father won't hear them get close to the kitchen to assist in fetching charcoal from a bag to enable her roast corn. The young lady replied " grandma, Pls what is charcoal?" Ha this na serious matter oooo. Please parents wise up.
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