WE NEED AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE BOY CHILD

We just concluded the international day of the girl child celebration. As I watched the unfolding discussions on the girl child, I was touched but my again my mind was drawn to the man child.

We need an international day of the boy child where we would be discussing issues affecting boys. Where we would discuss things like telling the boy child to be independent of sex. To see sex as a consummation of love in marriage and not as an end in itself.

We need to tell the boy child to grow up to be a gentleman and not a whoremonger changing hoes like clothes as portrayed by some musicians in entertainment.

We also need to educate the boy child to grow up to be noble with ideals and principles necessary for building a lasting family and society.

Boys need education too especially education against over-dependence on sex.

Boys are the rapists, the polygamists, in many cases the cheats.

We can protect the girl child all we want but if we do not deal with root cause, i.e. the predators, it will take us longer to arrive to our desired destination.

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