THE OTHER SIDE OF TheOtherRoom: making a case for Mr. President
***NB: For the purpose of this article, I’ve described the home (as a whole) as TheOtherRoom…***
INTRO: What are the major problems facing us as a nation today? Militancy, Insurgency, Kidnapping, Bad & selfish leadership, Crime & Corruption, religious and ethnic conflicts, …bla…bla…bla - Note that all the problems are traceable to one root cause; FAULTY MORAL VALUES!
I write today as a young man born in the 80s. Let’s take a close look at some of the parents of the 50s/60s. They hardly had any form of formal education, but they raised our parents and instilled in them, high moral values & standards. Some of our parents had a bit of education (and career ambitions – which they pursued). With this ‘distraction’, they raised us. Look at how we’ve turned out; definitely not as morally sound as our parents, but then, compared to the generation of teenagers coming closely behind us, we can be rightfully considered to be complete saints; due respect to the few exceptions among them.
I’m not trying to demean any generation of parents (or children). It’s just an observation of the trend. Due to no one’s fault in particular, it’s obvious from this analysis that the more time parents (mothers in particular) spend away from TheOtherRoom pursuing education and lofty careers, the worse the corresponding generation of children they raise turn out.
Even though you may want to argue otherwise, let’s face it, ultimately, the man is the provider (1Tim.5:8), the woman is the home-maker (Titus2:4-5, 1Tim5:14) …and that’s the way the family was designed to operate (by God). This is not to say the man doesn’t have a role to play in homemaking, likewise the woman, in providing. As a matter of fact, I CANNOT marry a woman who’s not willing and ready to bring anything to the table as far as providing is concerned.
Now, back to the issue of the problems we’re facing as a country, there’s a growing need for a stronger society, but it’s not possible to have a stronger society without stronger homes. And truth be told, it’s impossible to have strong homes without committed and available homemakers (mothers).
...as such, here is my submission; inasmuch as the woman has a vital role to play in the workplace, in politics, and in nation-building, and all, I think she has an equally important task in shaping the nation by raising the next generation with the right values… As a matter of fact, her first and primary assignment is to lay the right foundation for the upbringing of the next generation… and that can only happen if she spends a bit more time taking care of business in #TheOtherRoom!
God Bless Nigeria!
