Zainab Sadiku
In a series of tweets, Toke Makinwa explains how parents play major roles in the lives of their kids and how they’re likely to learn similar behaviour which in turn affects them in life.
According to her, most express anger through passive-agressive behaviour without knowing the emotional trauma it might cause to their children.
She further said, emotional abuse isn’t limited to only parents as it also happens in work environments when bosses talk down on their staff.
See her tweets!
When people hear emotional abuse they are quick to think man/woman dynamic but do you know parents emotionally abuse their kids too
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
You hear how some parents talk down on their children, the harsh words used to correct them, magnifying their weakness and in some cases
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
Some mothers take the frustration of the fathers out on their kids, some fathers in a bid to get back at their wives do the same
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
You hear of a man divorcing his wife and out of bitterness inflicts the pain on his children, he doesn’t pay school fees….
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
The woman also out of bitterness of the father leaving takes her anger out on the children words like “you are useless like your father” …
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
Even in work places, a boss uses his position to talk down at everyone, emotional abuse is not restricted to love relationships alone
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
Sometimes the perpetrators don’t even know it. There’s a cycle of my parents raised me that way and I didn’t die therefore my kids won’t too
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
Some of us were raised in hostile homes, mummy and daddy’s mood determined the general mood in the house
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
When they fight you dare not come of your room or ask for anything, sometimes you blame yourself for why your parents hate each other
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
They won’t separate because of what the society would say but the children go thru hell and endure the result of the bad choices they made
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
That child now grows up and if help is not given goes on to be abusive in his own relationship too. It’s a Cycle we must break
— Toke Makinwa (@tokstarr) October 11, 2017
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