Childcare is one element of parenting that gives children, the needed physiological and psychological growth from infancy. Attachment is also one of the key elements in the childcare process. It is an established fact that most Ghanaian parents do not have such attachments to their wards. This is mostly due to heavy workload and relafionship problems among others. It is very vital that we know the essence of this particular practice in the development of our future leaders.
On average, children with good parental attachments perform academically excellently as compared with their non-attached counterparts. Most of this children who suffer from poor parental attachment have low self esteem and find it difficult to realise their own potentials. However, those with good parental attachment are given much self awareness so they find their talents and develop them with much dexterity.
Some poorly attached children also suffer from over competency. Such children due to lack of self awareness feel they know everything at times. This makes it difficult for them to accept ideas from others. Some even go as far as to the extent of rating their knowledge above that of their teacher. Once this happens, concentration is lost and its tenant, failure sets in.
Furthermore, the child with poor parental attachment tends to have a poor conscience. Thus, they feel no or little sense of remorse after commiting a crime. They also mostly find it difficult to accept blame and tend to point fingers at others all the time. If we really need to see a change in our country, we should start by training our future leaders the way we want them to lead. Even the good book says, "Train up a child the way he should grow, and he would never depart from it".
Do we want to have future leaders who would feel no guilt for doing wrong? Is that what we want?
Such children also find it difficult to interact with their peers. They are always seen lonely. They find it difficult to trust others so they tend to hide their problems within themselve. They would not even tell their parents. So academically, they may be present in class but their attention goes elsewhere. At the long run, they achieve nothing good academically. And these are the people who could have been our doctors, our teachers, our engineers, just to mention but a few.
Dear parents, please find time for your wards and show them that affection which they need from you. The children need your love so much that its import cannot be blown away. Most broken marriages can be blamed on this. When a child is not shown much parental love, he/she finds it difficult to love others. So what happens when that child grows up and gets married? Obviously, he/she would find it difficult meeting his/her obligations in the marriage. And it all zeros in to poor parental attachment. I hope and believe that this article makes an impact in the lives of parents who have no knowledge about this and to the general public at large. It is a disgrace if your ward puts up a bad behaviour but it would be worse if you did not train them well. It is better we nip such problems in the bud than to allow them develop into something else before we find ways of solving them.
Show some love to your wards, be a good parent and save the future of Ghana.
Greetings to you all.
Godwin Gabla
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