Parents, I don't get them, they'll always justify their own actions, but whenever their kids do the same thing or go through the same experience, it's completely different.

My dad slept off in a bus coming to Ibadan from Lagos and alighted without it.
My mom dropped her phone in a car and came out without it.
They both lost their phones, they called the driver a thief,same for the other passengers.

Now my phone's gone, I've heard hell, hell, hell, nothing but hell, not even sorry. It's all on me, as always, I've got no justification whatsoever.
"Tega, you don't have street sense" "...and you haven't resumed 100L,in that UI, they'll steal you in two weeks "
I'm just so grateful that I bought the phone with my own money,still it's not as painful to me as it seems to them.
But what actually pains them, the fact that my phone is gone or that their first born son is a complete idiot?,

Parents claim to know their children, teenagers especially, well lemme break it down for you,
YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT !!!!
Parents will hardly ever see depression or sadness in their teenagers, but will easily detect an "unwanted " pregnancy without the aid of a pregnancy test.


To Nigerian parents
A pained teenager.



This post contains information from the things I have seen in the Nigerian parents I've interacted with and know.
I don't intend to generalize

You're a good writer

Bear with them. There is a lot of reforms to be done when it comes to parenting in nigeria. I wish you success.

Gosh!!!

The African parenting is terrible...

They always act dictatorially
They believe you know nothing...


We need to change this attitude

Lol...

We should do better, not the complete opposite though, but better.

Thanks everyone

You're a good writer

When Mom studied English literature and Dad studied Mass Communication
I've got no choice
Thanks again

Candrevah:
Bear with them. There is a lot of reforms to be done when it comes to parenting in nigeria. I wish you success.

Thanks

Hehehehe

You can't be wrong

Has the Authoritarian style of parenting which is more of the default in Nigeria helped to raise well adjusted people.

They are doing all that and saying all that to keep you on your toes and at alert

Uhh, hey, it's me again

This is more than two years later, I'm an adult now, approaching my 20th birthday LOL and I just saw this, sigh, I won't lie or get corny and start saying I now understand where they were coming from, because honestly, I still don't, we seem to have grown farther apart and I don't see our relationship getting any better

warripikin17:
This is more than two years later, I'm an adult now, approaching my 20th birthday LOL and I just saw this, sigh, I won't lie or get corny and start saying I now understand where they were coming from, because honestly, I still don't, we seem to have grown farther apart and I don't see our relationship getting any better

It's always like that when they don't make efforts to make the relationship work.

Don't blame yourself.

go and tell your parents, and stop disturbing us.

na your type go rant finish for social media, while in reality, you can't stand your ground even when you are right.

anthonyuncle:
go and tell your parents, and stop disturbing us.

na your type go rant finish for social media, while in reality, you can't stand your ground even when you are right.

Sigh, I no longer need to stand my ground, I live on my own now, and yes, when I lived with them, I did stand my ground, so much it got me beaten LOL