An Abusive Husband Is A Wrongly Raised Son!

By Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (Wife of Ondo State Governor)

Your 3-year-old son gets angry whenever you give him a food he doesn’t want and throws it on you, you laugh and say “ children ehh”.

Baby boy will lift his hands and slap you when he wants you to drop him… All you’d say is “you’re beating mummy“.

No other child in that area messes with him… And you’re calling him “A no- nonsense boy”.

He picks up things from the ground and hits people whenever he’s stopped from doing something… You smile and call him “action boy“

You expose him to all manner of violence and say “He’s a man, man suppose get mind”.

Few years down the line the teenage boy bullies his sisters, commands them around, shares slaps as souvenirs to anyone that dares to challenge him. You call him “man of the house”.

He grew up having his way all through.

Now he’s a full grown man in the society.

And it’s not funny anymore.

Abusive husbands didn’t fall from the sky, someone raised a boy wrongly.

It’s easier to train a son than to correct a husband.

We could address a lot from the root.