There is a psychological trait; I understood that most people especially women, use children as a block to disrespect visitors like relatives or close friends of their partners. The block is simply shouting, and even smacking kids for a minor issue. Mostly, the shouting is extreme for a child's age, and makes the visitor wonder if that is how they normally treat their offspring or those they are raising.
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I always quote my late Gramps: "When you are welcomed, children's behaviour is the first sign. Even the joy displayed to these children by parents is a sign that you are appreciated in a home." Of course I was very young when he advised someone of this, and I still recall it vividly.
Anyway, a home where a parent often treats children in an unfriendly way in the presence of visitors is not worth a stay. Someday, you might wonder why people never open up to the possibility of sharing conversations with you or engaging you on important matters. It is definitely your behaviour, and how you react in their presence.
I understand, sometimes children are hard to control, but that is not an excuse to speak, and treat them poorly around visitors. It is very unfortunate that many do not realise this. Hence, the visitors may simply observe the parent, and in the end regard them as a wild animal to kids. They cannot even let their kids to go at relative or friend's for a holiday or some kind of a weekend visit for fear of having them mentally damaged.
Are kindness and love that hard towards the young ones? How did we lose the moral grounds and disciplinary ways to help our children become better? Where is the honesty if we have problems with others?
Tolerating extreme shouts create a hostile environment–not just to the young ones, but everyone present. As we keep on evolving, we should not leave love and discipline behind. Let us be kind with one another, as most religious doctrines say, "Love always win" 🫶
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