‘Guard children against sexual abuse ’

Worried by the alarming number of child sexual abuse cases in the society, the founder and chief executive officer, Wonder Minds Workshop, Mrs. Kemi Oluwaseye, has urged parents to give their children background education on sex as this is a major way to empower them against sexual predators.

 She said this during a workshop with the theme:Raising the 21st Century Child, organised by her organisation and held at the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria building, Ota, Ogun State. She lamented the prevalence of sexual perversion and moral decadence in the society, noting that despite the busy schedules of parents/guardians, reasonable time should be created to get their children/wards informed about sexuality education.

 She said, “An informed child is an empowered child.

 Every member of the society must come together and fight this social menace of child abuse by getting them informed.

 Silence is not the solution to this global problem.”

  Other speakers, including the Publisher of Wonder Minds magazine and wife of the pastor of the Visible Church, Ota, Mrs.Geraldine Abiodun, and the branch manager, Stanbic IBTC Bank in Abeokuta, Mr. Sola Fagbuyi, stated that adequate parenting was a major need of the child.

 They stressed that parents should ensure proper upbringing of their children. Consultant cardiologist, Dr. Folashade Daniel, who spoke on stress management, noted that the condition could not be completely avoided, but it could be managed so that parents could live long to cater for their children.

 Wonder Minds Workshop is a platform that reaches out to children and their care givers with the goal of nurturing a well-balanced child so as to build a better society.

 The platform partners with schools, religions bodies, NGOS, state and local governments to empower the child and its care giver.