Comments on naijablog: An open letter to middle-class Lagos parents

This is a bloody inaccurate post; ask why? For st...

2010-11-03T16:45:22.156+01:00

This is a bloody inaccurate post; ask why?

For starters,With the way education is in this country, the average school leaving age is like 24/25 - add 8 months of waiting for NYSC and another 1 year of actual NYSC and you have an idea of how old you are gonna be when you get a job (hopefully it pays a livable wage).

Secondly, its kinda hard to believe folks give their kids 200k pocket money - unless of course your Pop is a corrupt public office holder or just a stinking rich dude like Dangote; if its the latter, why would you be looking for work on the streets?

Thirdly, need I say these are very rare cases - so rare, I only know of one (dude is the only loser among a bnch of other perfectly well-adjusted kids).

Oh and yeah, I'm midddle-class - I pray my folks can even to give me afford a quarter of that as pocket money on a regular (no stories) basis.

What an accurate post.

2010-09-19T09:34:34.868+01:00

What an accurate post.

I agree with everything UK Medic has written. Thi...

2010-09-18T16:36:24.017+01:00

I agree with everything UK Medic has written.

Thi writer obviously caters for only the extremely wealthy. Perhaps s/he is part of the problem.

This of course is the exception rather than the no...

2010-09-18T15:56:55.876+01:00

This of course is the exception rather than the norm,so let's not all get carried away by erroneously subscribing to the idea that what the author has painted here is what's rampant in Nigeria these days.

Clearly,his business caters to the very rich and super-rich.I mean who gets to give their kid 200,000 naira as allowance PER MONTH??...certainly not those of the middle-class and definitely not the majority of the population who earn less than what can be classifed as middle-class income.

My parents taught me the value of hard work,self-confidence & self-reliance and i am proud and forever grateful to them because these have helped me & made me what i am today as an accomplished medical professional in Britain.

I am sure i am not the only one.

These values of solid work ethic,drive,dedication,determination,self-reliance and desire to succeed in spite of all odds are fundamental principles in the typical average Nigerian Household and may perhaps not be given elevated status in the aloof,over-indulged select few homes of some extremely wealthy folks

The sad irony of it all is that most of the parent...

2010-09-18T07:35:54.141+01:00

The sad irony of it all is that most of the parents here will not see themselves in this scenario. For sure they will see recognise their friends and their friend's children, but never themselves.

These kids are generally rude and their parents, especially their mothers condone. Many of these mothers, even turn their children into their best friends where they tell them their secrets and like the idea that children(read daughters) friends or boyfriends thing think that they are cool. Yet, the parents are also quick to lament how rude their children are. I wonder why?

I will glady say this isn't an issue in the si...

2010-09-18T05:34:32.884+01:00

I will glady say this isn't an issue in the side of the country I grew up

The failure to grow up...both a Nigerian and Ameri...

2010-09-18T05:30:45.411+01:00

The failure to grow up...both a Nigerian and American phenomenon. There was an article in NYTIMES not too long ago about this mad rush of twenty somethings (like myself) back to their parent's homes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html

There is so much truth in this. I've heard of ...

2010-09-18T02:18:10.773+01:00

There is so much truth in this. I've heard of 30-year old grown men who are still completely dependent on their father for everything. Not just the basics, but they cruise their father's cars to pick up girls, spend daddy's money on shopping trips abroad and stuff like that. It's absolutely disgraceful. I hope this trend is reversed pretty soon, otherwise we'll have a thoroughly useless generation of young people in the next 10 years....

but meanwhile, those that find opportunities, continue to exploit them.