They always say
children are the future of tomorrow that children serve as a keel to every existence
that without children there would be no voyage into the future.
When children are
borne, they come with relieve and with a warm welcome tucking in a baby
language saying thank you.
Before I proceed I
would like to sip my coconut fruit drink because believe me this coconut fruit
drink in Lagos coastal beach must not go to waste.
Whether you find yourself
being rich or finding you self being poor, everyone wishes to have kids not
just for reproduction but for a continuity of a life well spent on earth.
According to the holy
book, we were instructed by God to go into the world to reproduce and this also
goes way back to the days of Noah. So if
reproduction was not important we would not be given instructions to reproduce
and of which African’s have become expert in reproduction processes, but the
question now remains on what conditions are this children been placed? Are the environments
friendly for their well being?
According to Kristen Michaelis
in one of her articles ‘YOUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE SUCCESSES MAY DEPEND ON BIRTH
SPACING’, in this her particular article she made people to understand why they
really need to space their children, that proper birth spacing can affect not
only the health of a child but also that of the mother, that women are not
designed to have babies in very close succession, that recommended birth
spacing should be 2-3 years.
But if only African
baby reproduction parent can implement this to their baby reproduction system,
this would not just safe a great purpose to health challenges but this would
help welcome the less privilege children to a friendlier environment and this
would also help parent replace empty basic facilities.
If you would reduce the
tempo of every noise the world is producing and reason with me on this, you
would see why Africans need to introduce birth control polices because Africans
have so many empty hole to fill, with the Ebola outbreak in some part of west
Africa, starvation of food in east and central Africa and also with the mothers
and newborns dying in Tanzania from a result of lack of sanitation, safe water
and personal hygiene while giving birth.
It weakens me to hear
story like ‘MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN STILL FINDING HER SELF PREGNANT’ and also
complaining about challenges of life.
Don’t get me wrong, am
not saying that Africans parents should stop having babies but if only we can
adopt more of the family planning system and also implement birth control polices
to the way we have children.
Who knows, we may live in
a better conducive environment and our children would not fall victim to various
health related diseases and economy slavery. Reason being we would have
prepared a warmer welcome for their arrival, because a happy child is what
every society needs.
