Celebration of talents in children will propel them to be responsible adults apart from opening their eyes to make meaningful contributions to the growth and development of their immediate environments.
Pastor Mrs Bunmi Onilude of Beyond Beauty Initiative, a non governmental organisation, stated this during a chat with OGBC this Sunday.
According to her,encouraging the young ones to develop their talents will help in reducing social vices in the society as such support will propel them to Channel their energies to fruitful ventures.
Pastor Mrs Onilude who charged stakeholders to revisit the importance of reward system in the upbringing of children said competitions,talent hunts and mentoring programmes could be put together for children to discover their talents.
She also warned against the exposure of the young ones to ungodly sites on social media just as she charged parents to be good role models to their children.
Frowning at high rate of unwanted pregnancies, child molestation and harassment, the behind beauty Initiative Founder noted that those at the helms of governmental affairs, religious leaders, and parents should put up workable solutions to end to moral decadence in the society.
Pastor Onilude who is also a Girl Child advocate expressed dissatisfaction about the cultural norms that relegated the female gender to the background posting that God who created everyone in His image has purpose for every human being irrespective of gender and socio-cultural background .
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