By A Nigerian youth’s WhatsApp chat with his mother has gone viral on social media. It left internet users in stitches. The young man chatted up his mother, telling her that he misses her. She gave an epic response. While the man joked about his mother’s reply, social media users observed something else in the chat.
A young man, @asibong_, has amused many people after posting his hilarious chat with his mother. “This woman don see me finish,” the young man remarked as he posted their chat on TikTok.
In the chat, he messaged his mum, telling her that he misses her. “I miss you, so I decided to check up on you,” the Nigerian youth wrote. His mum funnily dismissed his concern, jocularly accusing him of trying to use her to escape poverty. “You don’t miss me joor, you wan use me take escape poverty,” she replied.
He further asked her where she learnt to reply like that. She funnily told him to go ask his father.
A cordial relationship between parents and their children is important. This is seen in the case of the young man and his mother. It goes a long way in shaping a child’s future.
The Family Dynamics of Children on the Streets of Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria by Obimakinde, Abimbola M. Moosa Shabir pointed out that poor family-child relationships are a key reason for the children on the street pandemic. It said:
“The relationship pattern between children on the street and the parental figure included poor adaptability. There was also poor growth support and an economic partnership with parents. Additionally, these relationships showed poor emotional connection and lack of family bonding time. The three thematic results were intertwined. These results included relationships reflecting family resources. These resources were based on the broken family structure of children on the street of Ibadan, Nigeria.”
Bad relationships between parents and their children were further narrowed down to parents’ financial incapacity and their love lives. “We found that most mothers and their children lacked both social and financial support, particularly from poorly committed unwedded fathers.
A hypothesis suggested that unmarried fathers tend to downplay their fatherly roles. They are less materially involved with the family. They are also less emotionally involved compared to married fathers.”
Parents noted that a child’s psychological development is connected to the relationship built with their parents. Future success and good mental health are also influenced by this relationship.
