Children still have a right to thier parents even when the relationship has failed

Over the past days, weeks and months , the raising level of child abuse in our communities is on a constant rise... a day doesn't go by without hearing how a child has been molested by family friends,step mothers, Aunt etc.... most of these children are those whose parents aren't living together anymore probably as a result of a failed relationship.

A failed relationship between parents does not automatically mean the father or the mother should be cut off from his or her child. This is because Children generally benefit from having a healthy relationship with both parents, provided it is safe and supportive.

What matters most is the best interest of the child which is a universal right inscribed by the United nations convention on the right of the child. Parents should however not that:

✅ Children are not responsible for the parents’ conflicts.

✅ Unless the father or mother poses a danger (abuse, neglect, violence), children should not be separated from them.

✅ Denying a parent access can cause emotional harm to the child.

✅ Parents should try to co-parent respectfully, even if the relationship failed. Irrespective of the fact that they will always point fingers that co-parenting means continuous affairs.

In short let us always remember that once you start engaging in a romantic affair with a man vice versa, to a point that it leads to a pregnancy, the romantic relationship may end, but parenthood remains a lifelong responsibility.

May these children not pay the Price of our egoism.

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