Chronicles Of Life "A This Generation Point Of View" (1)
Chronicles Of Life "A This Generation Point Of View"
by Vosedegea
This book is not all about what we are used to, neither does it have all the grammatical expression to explain everything in a professional manner, but it does have a view that is different from others, which is the youth or as elderly folks would say; "it's the children of this generation view".
This term children of this generation is used by our elders but not always on the positive, but on a negative term, whenever something wrong occurs we hear "children of this generation " as this name or stereotype implies we own this generation so it's high time we let it sink in and act like it.
There are different areas of life, this book will address and give a "this generation point of view", it will make you laugh, maybe cry, but i'm sure of one thing its going to bring back memories and help you know where and when in life you missed it and help you start over so you can achive your God's given potenials see you in the first chapter of this amazing jounery.
CHAPTER ONE
GROWING UP
Growing up isn't as easy as we think it to be or as we were told it would be, because of the time (generation) we were born into. As a child, growing up was quite difficult because there were things I wish I could share with my parents or older ones which I just couldn't, because in Africa you are meant to be grown up from the day you were born, you don't get to make mistakes or errors you have to be mature, act maturely think maturely.
A child is an adult in Africa, and is meant to take up responsibilities which aren't his/hers at a very tender age, hence growing up is a "term" here. Most of us didn't grow up as we were born grown, as you read further you get to understand why I said growing up is just a "term" because you will find out you didn't grow you just found yourself grown.
Being a parent:
If I say growing up wasn't easy for me, thinking of my elder brother I think it was way worse. He took up parental duties even as a child he was always there to cook, to watch over us when our parents weren't around, no I'm not saying my parents didn't perform their duties, far from that, they are the best parents you can ever wish for, they made life easy and sweet, I think most of us will agree that our parents really did try.
However, this isn't about their performance as parents, this is about what we had to go through on our own. As far as I can remember my elder brother has been there for me,that's a good thing right so why am I complaining?
Here is why...
Who was there for him and others like him who are first born child?
They get to watch over every other sibling, they get to cook for, bathe them, sweep and arrange the house and so many other chores, and when anything goes wrong they get to take the fall for it, even if they weren't around at the moment the said offence occured, reason being that "you were in charge, you are supposed to control everything" and forgetting the fact that he/she is still just a child like the rest of the children.
First born children shouldn't be treated any lesser than others, they are not sacrificial lambs, anyway most of us didn't think of it this way, because we were given an orientation that you have to be "grown up", taking away the fact that you grow, and growth is a process not an end.
To Be Continued!
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by Vosedegea
This book is not all about what we are used to, neither does it have all the grammatical expression to explain everything in a professional manner, but it does have a view that is different from others, which is the youth or as elderly folks would say; "it's the children of this generation view".
This term children of this generation is used by our elders but not always on the positive, but on a negative term, whenever something wrong occurs we hear "children of this generation " as this name or stereotype implies we own this generation so it's high time we let it sink in and act like it.
There are different areas of life, this book will address and give a "this generation point of view", it will make you laugh, maybe cry, but i'm sure of one thing its going to bring back memories and help you know where and when in life you missed it and help you start over so you can achive your God's given potenials see you in the first chapter of this amazing jounery.
CHAPTER ONE
GROWING UP
Growing up isn't as easy as we think it to be or as we were told it would be, because of the time (generation) we were born into. As a child, growing up was quite difficult because there were things I wish I could share with my parents or older ones which I just couldn't, because in Africa you are meant to be grown up from the day you were born, you don't get to make mistakes or errors you have to be mature, act maturely think maturely.
A child is an adult in Africa, and is meant to take up responsibilities which aren't his/hers at a very tender age, hence growing up is a "term" here. Most of us didn't grow up as we were born grown, as you read further you get to understand why I said growing up is just a "term" because you will find out you didn't grow you just found yourself grown.
Being a parent:
If I say growing up wasn't easy for me, thinking of my elder brother I think it was way worse. He took up parental duties even as a child he was always there to cook, to watch over us when our parents weren't around, no I'm not saying my parents didn't perform their duties, far from that, they are the best parents you can ever wish for, they made life easy and sweet, I think most of us will agree that our parents really did try.
However, this isn't about their performance as parents, this is about what we had to go through on our own. As far as I can remember my elder brother has been there for me,that's a good thing right so why am I complaining?
Here is why...
Who was there for him and others like him who are first born child?
They get to watch over every other sibling, they get to cook for, bathe them, sweep and arrange the house and so many other chores, and when anything goes wrong they get to take the fall for it, even if they weren't around at the moment the said offence occured, reason being that "you were in charge, you are supposed to control everything" and forgetting the fact that he/she is still just a child like the rest of the children.
First born children shouldn't be treated any lesser than others, they are not sacrificial lambs, anyway most of us didn't think of it this way, because we were given an orientation that you have to be "grown up", taking away the fact that you grow, and growth is a process not an end.
To Be Continued!
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