Steemit Engagement Challenge S8-W5 | My Parents, My Heroes.

Greetings steemitians, and welcome to my blog as I share my entry to the week 5 engagement challenge. The title of the challenge is “My Parents, My Heroes”.

Parents are special beings to their kids but not everyone is privileged to have those parents that care about their children’s well-being. Notwithstanding, in life, there must be one or two persons in your life that played the role of parents and created some impact.

Today, I will share with you my parents as my supper hero. However, I will be talking more about my mother who made it possible for me to become who I am today.

In your words explain what you understand by parenthood.

According to my understanding, parenthood is the process of raising your kids in terms of childcare, protection and providing education. That is moulding them towards adulthood.

I said it is a process because parenthood is in stages. When a child is born, the child needs to be nurtured by providing good healthcare, eating good food, etc. This will help the child to grow healthy and stronger.
Parents have a responsibility to ensure their children’s safety and security.

Parenthood is categorized into different ways such as authoritative parenthood, uninvolved parenthood, and neglectful parenthood.

With authoritative parenthood, the parent does not seek the child’s opinion on any decision-making about their child.

Uninvolved parenthood is when the parents do not involve in any activities to provide healthcare, food, clothing, or safety for the child. The child is responsible for everything and the parents are always absent.

Tell us about your heroes (Parents)(for example what you usually do together, their importance to you)

My parents were always present in my upbringing when I was a kid. They ensure I was cloth, feed well and protected me from all dangers.

When I started schooling, my mother was more active and involved in my upbringing. My dad was just a figurehead and did little as a parent to ensure I was nurtured in the right way.

I was more involved with my mom doing her businesses together because I knew that was where she raised money to cater for us.

Another activity I loved doing together with my mom was cooking. I am a good cook today because I was always present to help my mom cook.

I equally learn how to plait through the help of my mom. She usually allows me to play around with her hair and at times she will ask me to assist her plait the hair.

What are the major roles of parents to you?

The major roles of parents as I earlier said, are to provide healthcare, protect their kids, ensure they are cloth and teach them morals and responsibilities.

Parents have a role to provide healthcare to their kids. Care for them when they are sick, and ensure what they eat is healthy to make them grow stronger.

They have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their kids. As a parent, your child needs to feel secure in your presence. Do not be that parent that each time your kids see you they start to panic.

The last but not the least responsibility of a parent is to teach their kids morals and their responsibilities. Let your child knows that where his or her rights end is where another person’s rights begin. They should also know their responsibilities as children.

Do you see Parenthood as a Scam?

It all depends on the type of parenthood a parent practised and the impact on the child’s life. Parenthood is not an easy task especially if the child is not cooperative with the parents.

It might be considered a scam if the parent did not play their role well in the child’s life. For instance, in a situation where the parent neglected the child and the child was on the streets trying to survive by themselves. In this regard, the child will grow up to have the thought that parenthood is a scam.

Notwithstanding, it is not a scam in a situation whereby the parent was actively involved in the upbringing and welfare of their kids.

Conclusion.

In summary, parenthood is not an easy job but when parents and kids are cooperative, it is easy for all and cannot be regarded as a scam. I am using this opportunity to invite @simonnwigwe, @josepha and @sailawana to share their entries to this challenge.