Ayomide Sotubo.....
At the moment, no other Nigerian kid is as popular as 4 year old Oreoluwa Lawal Babalola, the mummy calm down crooner whose video has made his everyday life alluring to everyone.
While most Nigerian kids endure excruciating and incredulous punishments to serve as deterrent for the next possible misdemeanors they may be found culpable of, Oreoluwa has become a sensation on social media for the same reasons.
His first significant appearance on social media was in a video which his mother intended to show the world his incessant theatrics after he had supposedly defaulted.
It remains very common for most children to go through that sort of punishment from his mother by the dictates of the Nigerian social climate but we must all come to the full knowledge that the world is evolving.
Apparently, the young lad was more concerned about his mother's well-being rather than escaping punishment for his misbehaviour.
The Case For Nigerian Juveniles Versus Their Parents
Most viewers would trivialise this video in the regards of entertainment or a publicity stunt but if the ensuing events that have happened since the breakout of that video is anything to go by, it is imperative that Oreoluwa has made serious progress in clearing the pathway for Nigerian children against child violence.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-olu has taken particular interest in this young and precious phenomenon. His mother, Mrs Toluige Olokoobi Babalola confirmed during a telephone conversation to presenters of female talk show, Your View on Thursday, July 30 that the governor has made contact with her and Oreoluwa.
Reports online and on social media also suggests that Oreoluwa has bagged an ambassadorial role with an NGO identified as Combat Domestic Violence and Abuse Foundation (CDVAF).
With such an immense progress recorded in an unexpected jiffy, the fact that Nigerian parents need to understand the psychology of their children cannot be better crystalized.
In age where there is a stregnth in depth for campaigns against child violence and even the most convincing reason to discipline a child could be misconstrued by an overtly conscious society, parents must now start looking for better ways to reprimand a precocious generation.
According to UNICEF, six out of 10 children experience child violence (which of course represents only the reported cases), fewer than 5 out of a 100 received any form of support.
Boys to men: Children have ambition too!!!
While speaking to City People TV in an Instagram live chat, Oreoluwa revealed that he would love to be a police officer in the future to join the movement to bring corruption to an end in Nigeria. We can begin to speculate just how many more Nigerian children have super ambitions but get cowered by the domineering effects of radical and ruthless parenting.
How long it will take to subdue such damning effects on the leaders of tomorrow remains to be seen but it is expedient that the government takes drastic steps in making this a comfortable reality.
What remains conflicting and unfounding about the entire scenario is the debateable nature of why his mother would resort to such extents in a bid to reprimand her child. Very many people would overlook and disregard her claims that it was more of an intent to scold him than domestic abuse. All that may not matter now as Mrs Toluige has come out to say the video went viral because her sister in the United States shared the video with her friends on social media and that parents should always leverage on any opportunity to bring the very best out of their children.
In a nation where arguably everybody needs to calm down, Nigerian parents need to calm down too.
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