Kisii County Woman Representative, Dorice Donya Aburi, has urged parents and guardians to closely monitor their school ongoing children’s behavior as a way to curb indiscipline cases and early teen pregnancies.
Speaking at Tendere ground in Bomachoge Chache Constituency, during a donation drive of and clothes to the residents under Donya Charity Mission programme, she said that parents have been tasked with the responsibility of guarding their children by watching their movements and how they spend time in an effort to ensure that they engage in productive activities.
Donya said that parents and guardians can determine their children’s future character by disciplining them when they are young, keeping them occupied and knowing their company.
According to her, majority of the girls drop out of school due to early teen pregnancies forcing them to be at home ruining their lives.
Donya noted that as a result of parents being absent in their children’s life, many vices such as drug abuse, teenage pregnancies and early marriages have been on the rise.
“Parents and guardians have the collective responsibility of working around the clock in order to shape your children’s character,” she said.
According to her, cases of early pregnancy, HIV and AIDS infections, drugs and substance abuse have been on the rise and are majorly being contributed by close relatives, whom parents trust to take care of their children.
She added that cases of drug abuse and teenage pregnancies were on the rise, primarily because children have been left alone without proper guidance and counseling, especially during the holiday season.
She blamed it on the failure of the parents and guardians to tame their children in their early stages noting that, children fall into peer pressure and end up getting pregnant or abusing drugs and alcohol as their parents and guardians are usually busy trying to earn a living.
She noted that many parents have abandoned their roles and left the responsibility of disciplining their children to teachers when it is the primary responsibility of parents to raise their children by constantly advising and counseling them so that they grow up to be morally upright citizens.
Donya cautioned residents against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and said the government was on high alert to ensure that girls are protected from FGM and early marriages citing that it is an outdated practice and urged those still practicing to change.
By Elizabeth Angira
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