Children playing outdoors. A child’s development is positively affected by consistent and loving relationships with parents as they play. Their bond is built and strengthened.
I use every opportunity to remind my children to be conscious of their surroundings, and rather than be accommodating and “nice” to strangers.
Nowadays, we’re even wary of our neighbours and would rather that our children did not set foot in their compounds.
The other day, my 11-year-old son decided to take a walk around the neighbourhood, or, to be more specific, a few houses away because there is a certain area he knows he’s not supposed to go beyond.
Before he got there, he saw a yellow van approaching; one that looked similar to a school van. A few metres away, the van stopped in the middle of the road, and my son stopped too, to see which child would alight.
