‘Power to the truth’ by Halalisani Shoba
Children ought to be protected and they deserve to be treated as being most important in the whole equation.
Halalisani Shoba
For so long I wanted to write something about this subject, but then it is somehow a subject that needs one to have a fully understanding of everything and everyone being affected. This is a subject that many will never be ready to talk about.
What causes an intense dislike between two individuals who share a child that was conceived out of the wedlock? I don’t know how bad it is in other ethnicities but when it comes to mine, it is hopeless. I understand that children get to be formed out of different circumstances, mainly planned or unplanned; but no baby in existence has ever asked to be conceived. I suppose we all share a same sentiment on that; alone such should be enough in explaining as to why children shouldn’t suffer in their existence.
Children ought to be protected and they deserve to be treated as being most important in the whole equation. No parent should be given a special treatment but there must be an equilibrium so that the act of taking good care of the child can flow from one parent to another. Why does it become so difficult in achieving such smooth method especially when two parties are no longer involved in a relationship?
“Sex before marriage is a sin”, I’d like to think that most of us are familiar with that statement. If you can take your time and analyse the statistics, you’ll realize that this statement I quoted is nothing but a plain truth. Unsafe sex is practiced daily by thousands of young people in our country and as for results what do we get? Children get to be born out of the wedlock, around unpleasant situations. No child deserves to be raised by a single parent, no child deserves to be an orphan just because of the stupidity of certain individuals. It is nothing but a curse to have a child out of wedlock hence “sex before marriage is a sin”. Having said so but I shouldn’t be misinterpreted, “children are a heritage from the Lord” but cursed is the way they are conceived, especially out of the wedlock.
As I said, I don’t have a clue as to how things are shaped in other ethnicities but when it comes to mine, it is so shameful and disappointing to witness what is happening in our communities. Pity there’s nothing we can do about it, no matter how courteous or mature you might think you are. When the child is conceived out of the wedlock and it stays like that, it is only the child that can be considered as a blessing in the whole situation nothing else.
