Controversial author and social activist, Reno Omokri has urged parents to allow their children to be inquisitive if they want to.
In a lengthy write-up on his social media page, Reno Omokri said, when your child asks a lot of questions and renders an opinion on mental things, don’t call him too known or respond that you don’t know.
According to Reno, it is better to over know than be otherwise and urged them to let their children express themselves without feeling insecure.
Reno Omokri indicated that a major reason why Africa is behind in intellectual pursuits is that Africans are easily intimidated by knowledge.
He posited that when we meet a brilliant mind, we often gang up to pick on such a person and label them to the extent that if they do not have confidence they can slip into depression and when the depression becomes so oppressive, he or she becomes ashamed of their intellect and conforms to society by becoming dumb as the crowd.
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Read some comments his tweet generated below;
smoothedges; People feel insecure when you don’t reason along with the crowd and challenge the norms then you will become I too Know or oversabi
sheunelijah; He’s right! This makes sense. I’m in this kind of situation at times and it hurts when people treat me in such way.
folashade; Cutting children off when they ask too much questions have made lots to have low self esteem ?
Source:NaijaOnPoint.com
