The 'African Parenting' series (Childhood story by Atinuke Akinseye)

CAUTION ⚠️: Some parts of this episode will be unsuitable for very young children.
On my Instagram page I put out a video on IGTV called 'African Parenting' (also on YouTube). In this video I discussed the dark side of what people describe as African Parenting and the harmful consequences for young children growing up in Africa. As hard as it was to make/share the video and as difficult as it is to listen to, this is a necessary conversation that needs to be had until the narrative is changed!
On this Episode, I have Atinuke Akinseye sharing her childhood story, raised by what we call the typical 'African Parents' and the effect that this had on her adulthood.
Atinuke is a graduate of Mass Communication, working as a Project Control Engineer. She lives in Lagos and writes an incredible blog called Twisted (click link to her blog), where she has kept an interesting and thought-provoking diary called Diary of a Broken Child.
She is currently writing a book called HER STORY, out soon!
Visit Atinuke's blog https://twisted499.wordpress.com

Here are some key points to note on the 'African Parenting' series
1. There is nothing inherently African about beating kids as a way of discipline so please let's stop calling it African parenting!
2. There is a need to change our thinking. Consider the impact on our children, our nation! Africans must unite to raise our children to confidently be all they were born to be!
3. Where did this idea of beating humans to comply come from? And why have we held on to it?
4. The world will not treat us better than we treat ourselves. So we must start by how we treat ourselves, our own children.
5. African parenting should be known as loving, nurturing, caring, fun, full of joy, dancing and singing, full of faith and wisdom. African parenting should be described as uplifting, purposeful, tender and encouraging!
It is time for a change.
6. Our children deserve better, our nation deserves better. Lasting change will only come from us and it starts in our homes!