Just ordinary with them: A case for issues

As earlier said any adult that must understand the child to a reasonable length must as well understand the saying, just ordinary with them!

They see and believe to the best of their experiences, or exposures. The gravity an adult may attach to a situation may just not be the same with them, simply because to them it is just the ordinary, like what you do not see or know do not constitute offences. When a child comes home with a Report Card and when he or she is coming home with a Comic or a Barbie storybook might not carry the same sense of importance. In fact, the Comic or Barbie storybook might be more important than the Report Card after all. They do not have such sense or importance or relativity, except when talking about the much older ones, that actually understand the Report Card as an account of all they have done in the school over a certain period of time, and the storybook as something for one to merely pass the time. There are some issues we will be considering in the light of the above topic, that says;

1. When a child come home with a ‘failed’ Report Card: He or she is probably thinking, “I wonder why this should really stop Mum and Dad from taking me out and buying stuffs for me?”

2. When a child comes home with a blackened eye: He or she is probably thinking, “But I fought for it, Mum. And I even won in the fight!”

3. When a child comes home with a big frown on the face: He or she is probably thinking, “I wonder why people can’t simply do what I ask of them, even when they have the money. Uncle is wicked!”

4. When a child comes home with cloth so dirty: He or she is probably thinking, “I played so hard today, Mum. And I’m very happy.”

5. When a child comes home with a missing shoe, bag, pen, book or sock etc: He or she is probably thinking, “I just can’t find it, so what’s the big deal. After all, you will still buy another for me or won’t it eventually get old and spoilt?”

6. When a child comes home with class exercises undone: He or she is probably thinking, “My teacher won’t let me!”

7. When a child comes home with another person’s shoe, bag, pen, book or sock etc: He or she is probably thinking, “Look, I’m smart, Mum!”

You might notice a little trace of self-centeredness in this, there is no offence because that is what the child ordinarily is, thus Report Card or no Report Card, they were designed by God, fate and the larger situation surrounding their lives to be just that.

Thanks you.

Samuel Solomon O.

NB: Contributions and Comments are highly welcome.

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