A Non-Governmental Organisation, A Mother’s Love Initiative, has advised parents to give balanced and equal training to male and female children.
The firm’s Head, External Relations, Hanatu Enwemadu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Enwemadu was quoted to have said this at an event organised to commemorate the ‘National Sons Day,’ in Lagos.
She said, “The rights and roles of both genders must be adequately protected and preserved in the right proportions. None should be neglected; when the rights and roles of the boy child are neglected, they barely survive. It is paramount to note that today’s sons are tomorrow’s dads! They are tomorrow’s leaders, role models and change agents.
“Neglecting them today has grave consequences on the future of any society. While we should still advocate the rights of the girl child, we must strike the balance.”
The Legal Adviser of the organisation, Mr Uche Ginika, said a lack of supervision of the boy child had consequences.
“Some parents think that the boy child should be able to fend for himself. This neglect leads to a lack of supervision of the boy child, triggering inappropriate behaviour in them such as joining bad gangs and cult groups in search of a support system. They get exposed to predators that sexually molest and abuse them,” he said.
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