(By Taiwo Akinlami)
Abuse is the number one threat to THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD. Abuse is a distraction too hard for the fragile but promising mind of the child to handle. Abuse is a jealous occupier. He runs a fortified monopoly, which does not allow the child any breathing space. It arrives on its invitation with fear and intimidation. The trio creates a blockage, which does not only prevent the child from learning anything, but to also rob him of himself and his inherent dignity of human person. If there is any other feeling left in the child, when he is abused, it is the search for freedom. Childhood is not synonymous with slavery.
Abuse brings with it, slavery mentality. Once the child feels enslaved, he has just one mission. It is the mission to escape the confines of the prison. It does not matter the name we call the institution, family, home, school, place of worship, once the freedom of the child is attacked, he sees the place as prison. Permit me to humbly submit therefore that the number one threat to the vision, mission and core value of a family, school, or any place is exposure of children to any form of abuse…Take from me, abuse changes everything about the present and the future of a child forever except there is divine intervention…Please save the Souls of our Children…Our FUTURE…Think the CHILD…Think TODAY…Think the FUTURE!
