This is something that I still don't know how to start it or how to explain myself. But I know I have to say something,my silence is killing me am a talkative and keeping mum is alien to me. So what am I talking about? Am talking about Sex, its impact, how it is regarded and what sex education is teaching exactly regardless of how its been preached in mosque,churches,media houses and schools(am not sure about homes). Youth still fornicates and the bitter part is the parents don't see these or they do and they simply turn away like it doesn't touch their family.
Am not really at the parents about it,am at the youth about it ('cos my mum always say "ti won ba bini ama tu ra eni bi ni, meaning you're responsible for yourself "). So what am saying is these,you know that abstinence has been preached about sex,you know that gold circle has been advertised/preached as prevention and protection, what the majority practically don't know and that is not being said(in mosque,churchs,Schools,Media, and PARENTs) is what to do when you have UNPROTECTED sex.
This is what I found out HERE I want everybody(FEMALES,parents,'boyfriends') to read this article and understand it. This is the jet age and yet youth are not maximizing use of the information and technology available to them, I cried myself to sleep all night,when I realised what this information could have solved,helped and controlled,I cried for all lost innocence,for all the unwarranted sin and for the emotional trouble that could have been avoided.
When I looked through what information I had,I discovered this >> http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2908403.html and I worried some more and cried some more. And I knew I had to do something this may seem little but I hope and pray it goes far.
I also discovered youths that knows about this information refuse to use it, why? I say and the answer I found out is because they are JUDGED for using it and because some won't even talk about it.
Why should this be so? This goes also to Nigerian Society,peer group and Parents (most especially parents}. These is a issue that needs to be talked about, These is a issue that needs to be addressed,there is no shying away from it,there is no looking away because its right in our face, A Yoruba adage says Obe ti ge omo lowo, omo ju obe le, obe ti she ohun to ma se(meaning the deed is done). Now let's find a solution together. Seek knowledge about it,the internet is at your finger tips if you don't want to talk about it.
My message to Youth is this saying my mum always say (ala gemo ti bi mo e,aimo jo ku so wo omo e )meaning your parents has done what they could the rest is totally up to you and that is the absolute truth. Society should create awareness and not judge,parents should accept their children and not crucify them, make themselves more approachable to their children. A lot of children fear their parents more than they fear God. Peer groups should stop being jerks and share positive knowledge that you have with each other. Thank you if you have taken your time to read this
I hope I have passed my message across and helped something.
Jadesola 'Sosilver' Sokunbi... Follow on twitter at @Jerdeysolar
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