Parents have been reminded that their responsibility towards their children went beyond just providing their material needs but to make deliberate efforts to inculcate into them the right moral values that could guide them into responsible adulthood.
Superintendent Mrs. Eunice Annor, Eastern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) who gave the advice said good parenting entailed more than just ‘doling out’ the needs of children without spending quality time with them to ensure that they had been put on the right path of acceptable social norms for a secured future.
She cited some peculiar cases that her office dealt with in which in spite all what parents did to provide the needs of their children, they ended up messing around to whittle away all the opportunities offered them.
The DOVVSU Coordinator was speaking at a sensitization progamme organized by the Youth Bridge Foundation a Non-Governmental Organization, for the youth and residents of Konko, in the Akuapem North District.
"Promoting Child Rights and Responsibilities: Our collective call to action” was the theme for the event which was funded by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
Mr William Asamoah, Education Supervisor of Konko Circuit, re-echoed this and said parents need to give proper training to their children to ensure that they do not become a burden on the society.
Mr Stephen Adetu, a parent who was interviewed said, the programme has highlighted some issues that they did not know as parents and was hopeful that it would help address many of the challenges associated with parenting.
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