The Community-based Prevention and Empowerment Strategies in South Africa (COPPESSA) engaged with Protea Glen residents in a dialogue based on tackling issues around love and relationships.
With lots of controversies around love and relationships where people end up killing their loved ones and people being engaged in different affairs, the dialogue touched different issues in relation to matters which are happening in two people’s engagement.
“From all different relationships, love affairs are most complicated engagement. Because this where we are talking about sacrifices and compromises. But the most painful part is that in most cases one part from the two parties happens to be the one who does all the conceding.
“Speaking from experience, we sometimes hold on to an abusive relationship. And I think that is because we do not know intentions of the second part in the relationship. People should know why they have to be in love because at times we find ourselves ready to start a new life with the next person while those people have their agendas,” explained Nick Pitso.
Pitso condemned situations where relatives and people we are living with have to love us only when things are still going smooth and turn their backs while things are on a rough path.
Good parenting was amongst other raised influential mechanism that can guide and teach us how and why we should have others as part of our lives.
“It is our duty as parents to groom our children in a much better way. But that will only be possible if we can let go of our comfort zones and break the ice about life’s reality.
“It is our duty as parents to groom our children in a much better way. But that will only be possible if we can let go of our comfort zones and break the ice about life’s reality.
“Our kids, boys, and girls, should be taught how to love from a very young age, as women parents, we carried these kids for long enough in our bellies to know what is best for them. We know the love they deserve and that is exactly what we must teach them and communicate with them,” explained Mildred Mashinini.
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