We are living in a society that has a clash of ideologies about boys and girls' empowerment. We assume that Boys from a young age know everything to become an ideal responsible Man. We encourage boys to show strength by suppressing emotions, we are creating an emotional wound with lasting effects on their mental health and relationships. We neglect the boy child and this develops roots of unresolved childhood trauma which affects adulthood. We focus on empowering the girl child, mentoring them to be good future wives while allowing boys to grow up anyhow. This creates an imbalance of values and principles between both genders. Let us stop marginalizing young boys. May we empower both boys and girls. For us to have a functional society, we should have a functional man and a functional woman.
The Boy Girl Child Movement at the moment, The Boy Girl child movement is a discussion Page to engage on issues centered around child development, Gender inclusiveness and how Childhood affects adulthood, Gender roles, childhood moral development, gender identity and sexuality, Parenting, childhood emotional and social development. The imbalance of how we raise boys and girls and the challenges it has brought in society today. what prompted me to start is the high rate of gender-based violence cases in our country. I realized that most of the issues centered around gender-based violence can be associated with a broken childhood, dysfunctional families or childhood trauma & abuse. Anything and everything inspires conversations and writing. The Boy Girl Child Movement is a platform that was birthed from the gap in principles between males and females and the way we relate with each other. The stereotypes in gender and the alarming rate of gender-based violence in our
country. Our mission is to inspire lifelong learning, demystify gender stereotypes and empower society on effective parenting for a better future. At the moment we are https://www.facebook.com/TheBoyGirlChildMovement/
accessible
online
We have not had any seminars yet as are working on registering the movement with associations regulators. We hope to grow, impact life's positively and reach beyond borders. Parenting plays a significant role in the development of a child and their adulthood. As Parents / Caregivers, we need to model good behaviors and create habitable environments where our children can learn, as the young boy and young girl will exhibit behaviors by their parents and pass it on to the next generations. If we raise children in dysfunctional families that is what they will embrace and portray in their adulthood. Youthful4God | Issue 18| Pg 15
