Queen Ebilade is the wife of one of my younger brothers. She came to spend a few days with us during the last festive period. As we were having breakfast and chatting during one of those beautiful mornings, she noticed that her three-year-old daughter was playing more with her food than eating it. She turned and told her, “I’m going to feed you.” And the child replied, “why?” Queen looked at her daughter with a stern gaze and said: “I’m going to feed you.”
I gently intervened in a mother and daughter struggle for leadership by quietly telling Queen to gently explain to her why she wants to feed her. Queen did exactly that and she started feeding her question-asking daughter. I, then, told her that children of nowadays (for the past 30 something years till date) ask a lot of questions. They want to know why they should do something or not do it. They will not understand when you don’t explain….
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