The Nasarawa State Government has called on parents to regulate the kind of content their children consumed in the social media in order to curtail the increasing rate of social vices.
Haj. Aisha Rufai-Ibrahim, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development made the call at a briefing to commemorate the 2024 International day for families on Friday in Lafia.
The commissioner explained that the advent of the social media had brought another dimension to exposing the children to platforms that they can commit social vices and crimes without the knowledge of their parents.
She added that a child does not need to go outside the house in the this era of the social media before he or she commits crime or engages in unlawful activities like it was the case in the past.
The commissioner added to the parents most also know where their children go to, know their friends and what they do.
She also called on parents especially fathers to spend time every week with their families in order to bond together and know each other better.
“Parents should try to hangout at least once a week to fraternize and rekindled the affection for each other.
“This type of communication will go a long way to bring happiness to members of the family and is capable of tackling mental health challenges,” she added.
She said that husbands needs to help thier spouse in domestic activities to reduce the level of stress associated with workload.
Rufai-Ibrahim added that often times parents spend more time making money and building careers that they forget about proper upbringing of their children in this digital age.
She said that families are experiencing the greatest existential challenges in the country due to harsh economic and social conditions.
“The average standard of living of families had fallen in the face of high inflation caused by the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy.
“The high cost of kerosene, cooking gas, and electricity had led to activities that is harmful to the environment thereby threatening the ecosystem and LEDs to climate change,” she added.
Rufai-Ibrahim therefore said that the wellbeing of families had always been an issue of concern to Gov. Abdullahi Sule-led administration and the government would sustain it effort to improve infrastructure and welfare of the people of the state.
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