What kind of parenting will the next generation get? Twitter users are talking all about it now

Ayoola Adetayo 10:57 - 23 April 2020

Men want to be sure they can take care of their kids when they have them.[Credit: kate sept2004 /Getty]

Twitter NG is having a big debate on parenting and here are some highlights.

Even prior to the lockdown, social media has always been a haven for conversation and debate. Being separated from the world outside their homes has only made people retreat deeper into the virtual cocoon of social media, and by extension, conversations are increased, more heated and with a truckload of more engagement.

On this edition of Twitter NG hot takes, people are talking about parenting, the errors on the systems that raised them and projections for the upbringing of future generations.

All this was initiated by a viral video from Zambia, where a man was spanking and dealing hot slaps on his son who flunked badly at an expensive school. The man apparently paid $21k in tuition. That’s almost 8million in naira.

That’s quite a sum. And yeah, it’s more than enough to kick up a whirlwind of opinions on Twitter NG.

The origin

The reactions

It’s okay to punish and beat your child. What isnt okay is how you do it.
Putting pepper in your child’s eye/private part, using cutlass or blade to beat your child, or beat your child till they faint is barbaric and abusive
— cookie 🍪 (@Bellaaa_Gwen) April 23, 2020

21K USD school fees. 8million naira.
Did not attend classes.
Failed exams woefully.

Then came home to sit & watch TV.
But his dad should have given him hot tea, private massage and a trip to Dubai.
This is 2020 Woke Daddy of the Year.

Woke twitter is full of vibes and lunatics.
— #OurFavOnlineDoc 🩺 🇬🇧 (@OurFavOnlineDoc) April 23, 2020

I hope that when you start raising your own kids and they start turning out however, you’ll remember your feelings and opinions on this issue, whatever they were. Because the easiest thing in the world is to raise other people’s kids on the internet.
— Temitayo O. Esq (@Tbabz__) April 22, 2020

My two cents is that parenting is haaaarrrrdddddd.
— Mr. Seun (@Gunter_fol) April 23, 2020

I wonder why everyone missed the part where the father said, "This is a scar on your life!" He was also concerned about the effects of repeating the exam.

Yes it's frustrating and I won't sit behind a keypad and claim I would do better in his shoes, these things are not easy o
— Dr. Chinonso Egemba (@aproko_doctor) April 23, 2020

21k USD and you fail your exams? You’ll sleep inside generator house for 2 weeks.
— Ayomide Tayo (@AOT2) April 23, 2020

"Spanking is bad parenting, my father didn't beat us & we turned out better".

Loool. Check how many school shooters in the US were hugged & talked to as kids & were never beaten.

how you turn out isn't because you were spanked or not, YOU DON'T have the manual, neither do I.
— Sage. (@Olufisiayo) April 23, 2020

10.

Can't express how much I love my dad. We had our disagreements but deep down we both knew we had the same destination. What he taught me was that there's not much open communication can't solve. I'll be adopting his strategy to raise my son.
— kenna (@kennagq) April 23, 2020

And then there’s Adekunle Gold to round things up…