Poor Parenting Is Responsible

A: Two weeks ago, we arrested two student robbers. Again, this week, we have arrested at least five student robbers. The last batch of the student robbers we arrested claimed to be students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan. So, if you examine this trend, you will agree with me that students are really going into armed robbery and this is very bad for our society and we must do everything possible to discourage or stop it.

Q: What is responsible?

A: The problem is that most of these students are now moving with bad people in the society. Cultism is also responsible for this development. Most of these students start with cultism and from there, they will start handling guns. Once you start handling guns, you become hard and start thinking of using weapons for robbery. Again, foreign films which are very violent are not helping our society. When they watch violent films, they also want to act it and in the process, they go into crime. It will be very nice if the government could help censor films that children have access to. Bad films or films that can corrupt our children should not be shown.

Q: How do you think we can stop students going into robbery?

A: Here, we think of the parents. You have to know the type of the child you have. You have to monitor your children well in school. You do not leave that responsibility to the school authorities alone. They cannot do it alone. Parents should not forget that institutions of higher learning are not like secondary schools. Here, students can do whatever they like but if parents come around to check on their children, they will be careful and will not want to do what their parents don’t want. With this, we will have better children in schools. So, the parents must play a very big role. They must learn to ask questions about their children. They must try to find out the kind of company their children keep.

Q: Are you saying that parents are not doing enough?