By Jolayemi Olajide
As di elder dem dey talk say, “No be only one pesin dey kill elephant chop,” na so di protection of our pikin dey di hands of everybody body, no be just papa and mama alone.
E go sock u say some children wey dey suffer sexual abuse for area most times dey lock up di mata, because of fear say “yabu go drop” from house or say di family go even turn di mata put for dia head.
But as di parole talk say “Ashawo no dey hide pregnancy,” no matter who do di tin whether na big uncle, teacher, or respect person for street bad tin na bad tin, and di pikin no get any single blame for di matter!
Make parents shine dia eyes well-well like spotlight, because “Fowl wey see hawk no dey do gym,” so if your pikin suddenly change level, dey fear, or dey draw back, e mean say heavy load dey weigh am down.
If di pikin manage gather heart come yarn wetin eyeball see, make we no shout or sweep di matter under carpet to hide family name, because “Person wey cover im sickness, na graveyard e dey match go.”
Make we stand strong as concrete for our pikin dem back, and remember say “If 10 finger join hold motor, di load go light” because every pikin deserve to dey safe, chop love, and grow up without any fear.