Job pressure forcing children to grow without home training, discipline — Prof Etta

A Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology astatine the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, Prof. Hannah Edim Etta, has warned that the aggravated pursuit of careers, promotions and fiscal occurrence is creating unsafe gaps successful kid upbringing and eroding household values successful Nigeria.

Etta spoke astatine the 12th Inaugural Lecture of UNICROSS, held astatine the Department of Mass Communication Auditorium successful the assemblage on Thursday.

Speaking connected the theme, “Links, Linkages and Missing Links: From DNA Backbone to Social Cohesion,” the don said the unit to win professionally was forcing galore parents to neglect their responsibilities astatine home.

She said the concern had near galore children increasing up without capable guidance, subject and affectional support, arsenic parents progressively manus implicit parenting responsibilities to caregivers, schools, societal media and the internet.

According to her, the modern unreserved for promotions, aggregate jobs, broadside hustles and fiscal information has created what she described arsenic “missing links” successful galore Nigerian households.

“We are successful a contention wherever everyone is chasing titles and money, but losing their homes successful the process,” Etta said.

“The household is the archetypal schoolhouse of the child. When parents are not there, we make a vacuum that the streets and societal media volition fill.”

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