She was said to have applied in 14 different respected universities in the world and was accepted in 13 but that she resolved to stay in Harvard University after having fallen in love with the environment of the campus during her visit.
I want to use this medium to encourage other Nigerian youths to shun violence, alcohol, hard drugs and high life if they want to be successful in their lives and emulate Miss Saheela Ibraheem who could not have achieved this feat if she had not been serious and dedicated to her studies.
Most girls at her age may have been too preoccupied with the thoughts of boyfriends and parting but not Saheela Ibraheem who had advised other children to listen to their parents most of the time because “they know what they’re doing.”
Even though I acknowledge that Miss Saheela Ibraheem may have been a child blessed with extra ordinary talents, but credit must also be given to her parents who equally helped to mould her talents to limelight. We have heard and seen a lot of children in many homes who were very much talented to do many amazing positive things in the world that got wasted. Painfully it was so because some parents had been too busy with their work or had selfishly chased after money against the welfare of their children when they had jumped out every early morning leaving the children in the hands of their nephews and nieces and had come back very late in the evenings when the children perhaps had gone to bed. It is equally pertinent to note that some parents also have the habit of waking up their children every morning as early as 5:30 am and rushing them to kindergarten or school even sometimes without showering them or brushing their teeth. They also make special arrangements where the children will stay after closing from kindergarten or school and will only turn up to take them home around 6 pm or 7 pm.
Some parents are also failures in these primary responsibilities of taking proper good care of their children and spending quality time with them by providing enough chocolates, food, enough house maids and providing the latest films for them to watch as substitutes to their presence.
As a parent, I acknowledge that parents must work in order to provide for the children but some parents are too greedy and without considerations to the feelings of the children because they want to build skyscrapers and ride the best car in the world, they have not taken their time to think deeply about the consequences of their best described distant relationship with their children.
Parents, remember our children are the leaders of tomorrow and the quality of time we spend with them has effects of what they become tomorrow. Resolve today to be closer to your child, know his/her friends, know what he/she did in school and what he/she would like to do, play enough with him/her and don’t be a Sunday Sunday father/mother etc. to your child.
Most times parents selfishly expect the children to understand like adults and behave maturely. They want to deny them the right to cry, they want to deny them the right to play and even sometimes they deny them their right to be pampered. My philosophy is that, if you know that you cannot take good care of the children, please do not bring them into the world.
Kindly accept my belated congratulatory message, Miss Saheela Ibraheem and your parents.
Uzoma Ahamefule a concern patriotic citizen writes from Vienna , Austria
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