A GENERATION OF DISOBEDIENT CHILDREN

A defiant child

" A wise child accepts a parent's discipline, a mocker refuses to listen to correction."

There are so many verses in the Bible that speak about children. The one stated above at 'Proverbs 13:1' is my favorite. Parents can never be happy when a child fails to listen to them. 

Every adult was once a child, but not every child has reached adulthood. Parents, therefore, have the experience to bring up a child in the most disciplined manner to build a good future for the child.

It's unfortunate that today, our children are those who are trying to tell their parents that they know better than them. The way children are stubbornly behaving these days evidently tells us that we are now in a very wrong generation. 

Imagine your only daughter, whom you want to give the best education, is now pregnant at the age of fourteen because every correction given to her was ignored.

I visited a family in Antwerp. I have been there many times to see them because Sabrina's husband helps to fix my computer any time it breaks down. 

My last visit was a very sad one. I have made up my mind never to go there again due to what I witnessed. Out of her children, one of her daughters, at fourteen, is the only one who is bringing misery, disrespect, and discomfort to her family.

"Imagine my own child calling me a prostitute, throwing things, including a knife, at me. She has been throwing any object her hands could get at me and her father." Said Sabrina in tears. 

"It hurts so much when a child you love turns against you because of correction. At the age of fourteen, she wants to go out. I did allow her once, but she came home very late. 

We were scared of her safety, so we decided not to give her that chance again. This made us a devil in her eyes." Sabrina concluded.

The question is, "What is happening to our children that they simply do not like to listen to corrections? What are they looking for? It is now a fashion to see children smoking and sleeping around with young boys. 

It is like when a child hasn't had sex with a boy, she is a 'Mummy's child'-not brave. So young girls are now having sex indiscriminately with young boys. 

These young boys team up at cinema houses, squares, and amusement places to discuss the sex they had with these girls. This is morally wrong.

Would a mother spoil the child and spare the rod, because the child wouldn't listen? That mustn't be the solution. Whether a child is difficult or not, it is always the responsibility of the parents to put a little common sense into the child's stubborn head. 

Parents mustn't forget that whenever anything bad happens to the child, they will be held responsible. So parents mustn't give up. They can always seek the best counseling for a troublesome child through many organizations.

GREENPEACE calls for halt to the plunder of African Oceans

Greenpeace volunteers


An investigation by Greenpeace for some time now has revealed that the West African local fishing industries are under threat, due to European fishing trawlers fishing in West African waters. Under the theme 'Empty nets, Empty future,' Greenpeace calls for a halt.


The report focuses on how millions of West Africans depend on the fishing industry, but now under threat due to European trawlers that are increasingly overfishing. The activity is gradually taking its toll on the local fishing industry and is also threatening the extinction of many unique species.

The West African Coasts have now become a destination of choice for European and Asian fleets. Since their fishing territory has become overfished by 88% of the commercially used fish stocks in EU waters. 

They have nowhere to go but to head to Africa, where they fail to put any protective measures in place for the diminishing fishing stocks.

The effect of climate change on oceans is another important issue for Greenpeace.' Increased water temperatures and changing weather patterns are among other factors affecting the ocean to sustain life. 

'Empty net, Empty future,' highlights climate change that could spell the end of the export fisheries industry in West Africa. The report says this would destroy local economies, jobs, and food availability.

In order to maintain a free, non-hostile environment and good economies for the local fishing industries, Greenpeace is demanding fewer foreign trawlers and factory ships at sea, sustainable fishing practices, and the establishment of a network of marine reserves to let fish stocks recover and protect the ecosystem. 

They call for the current fisheries agreements to be scrapped and replaced with sustainable ones that would benefit West Africa.

THREE WOMEN IN ZIMBABWE CHARGED FOR RAPE?

Men now fear Zimbabwean women.


Society doesn't accept if a man accuses a woman of rape, but they easily believe a woman if she lies that a man has raped her. 


Police in Zimbabwe arrested and charged to court three women,  who forced men to have sex with them. 

The women were found in possession of thirty-three condoms containing semen. This may help the police in their investigation into a string of sex attacks over the past two years by women targeting men.

In the court were seventeen victims, who had positively identified the women as having sexually assaulted them between 2010 and 2011. 

The women were intercepted in Gweru, about 300 kilometers south of Harare, the capital, when the vehicle they were traveling with involved in an accident.

Most of the raped men said they were offered drinks diluted with an unknown substance to drug them or were forced at gunpoint. 

Many believe that the significance of the sperm collection is for ritual purposes, either to regenerate life or as a catalyst to drive away bad luck.