By Titilayo Kupoliyi
Proverbs 13:22 says “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.”
This aphorism in the Holy Bible is conventional in many respects: society worldwide value bequeathing inheritance to the next generation.
Such properties could be houses, lands, vehicles, farms, money, which parents feel with satisfaction, will help their children and grandchildren get along in life.
To this end, most parents work hard to fulfill the scripture while those who couldn’t meet up feel they are letting their offspring down and often times feel unfulfilled.
Ironically, for parents who had laboured to leave properties behind, the beneficiaries are not able to live unto expectation, as they dispose the properties gotten through hard earned money by their parents.
Some of the reasons are not far-fetched: most children are out of the country, or plan to move outside the country for greener pasture.
Is it then advisable for parents to build houses as part of inheritance for their children/guardian?
A parent, Mr Sola Ifenuga, said though it is Biblical, but parents should not be bent on accumulating cars and houses for their children and wards as times and seasons are changing.
“Yes, as parents we are under obligation to ensure our children and wards are catered for in every area but in the process care must be taken not to go to the extreme in acquiring the assets as most of the children are not after sustaining them”.
“We need to face reality as parents, most of our children are not interested in our properties, most of them want to start their lives independent of their parents assets”.
A graduate, Mr Wale John noted that his aim is to move out of the country as soon as the opportunity surfaces, irrespective of the assets owned by his parents.
“Personally I don’t believe in this country again, I am trying very hard to go abroad to further my education and settle down over there; my parents should not expect me to stay in a country that doesn’t have anything in stock for me”.
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