Debby has been having sex with Mr Offia her home lesson Teacher,since she was 10 and became pregnant for him at 14.Neglected by her busy father and isolated by a mother who cares more about money making than raising kids, she sought solace in the arms of Mr Offia who consistently took advantage of her In her attempt to terminate the pregnancy using a local concoction, she fainted and was rushed to a hospital.
At the hospital, she was diagnosed with acute liver failure due to the injection of poisonous
substances; the doctor also informed her parents that she was carrying a child.
This unexpected turn of events triggered a series of “tsunamis” that altered the life of the family forever. As the doctors were battling to save her life, her situation got worse as she started bleeding from different orifice and lapsed into coma.
This prompted Debby’s father to seek the intervention of law enforcement agents, who lunched a full scale investigation into the incident.
As they searched through her room, in a bid to find clues as to why the 14 year old will want to take her own life, they stumbled on an SMS sent to her mobile phone directing her on how to use a concoction to terminate the pregnancy.
However, the identity of the sender remained a mystery as the phone number saved as “My Chocolate” could not be traced to anyone.
While the police were trying to unravel the chocolate mystery, Debby’s situation was getting worse, the occasional movement of fingers has not happened in three days and the family was becoming increasingly worried, while staff of the intensive care unit of the hospital continued to assure the family that they were doing all they could to ensure that their daughter pulls through.
After several days under the close watch of doctors and nurses,Debby eventually died, leaving her parents in a state of devastation.
As her corpse was been conveyed to the mortuary, the police Invited her father for a chat, they have been analysing Debby’s phone records and have discovered a pattern of calls made by
a certain number registered to Mr Offia but saved as Mary on Debby’s phonebook.
Mr Offia was eventually invited but he feigned ignorance of the abnormal phone book entry, stressing that his relationship with the deceased was purely academic, which manifested in her improved results at school, a claim he said could be substantiated by the deceased parents.
With no substantial evidence linking him to the death of the Teenager, he was let off the hook and allowed to go home. But the Police detectives believed he knew more than he was willing to admit, so they secured a search warrant and stormed his residence and to the relief of the team the search produced the “chocolate” sim card the police had been looking for as well as some of Debby’s personal belongings.
Mr. Offia was later charged to court and is presently serving his sentence at a prison in Koton karfe, kogi state, Nigeria.
As I’m beginning to find out, parenting is no child’s play, it could sometimes determine whether couples continue to live together or go their separate ways. No matter your temperament, your teenage child will drive you to the limit.
In my years as a teenage teacher and instructor, I have seen parents leave their homes so as to escape the torment and pain of trying to correct a teenage child.
The surging hormone makes it difficult for teenagers to view issues logically, making them increasing emotional. This is an aspect of teen development that is difficult to understand. Nevertheless, studies have shown that the frontal cortex of the Human brain does not develop until a person is within their twenties; the brain of a teenager is therefore a work in progress.
Building trust and openness is important if any relationship is to succeed. This also applies to the relationship between children and their parents, as children approach their teenage years, these surges in hormones and pressures from peers combine to make the teenage years the most challenging period for most parents.
Nevertheless, as I have discovered over the years, most parents tend to isolate a troubled teenager which further complicates an already difficult situation. Friendship, engagement and innovatively deploying activities that help teenagers channel their energy and redirect their anger are some of the pathways that have helped several parents find the rhythm in their quest to achieve a balanced relationship with their children.
A complex world of intrigues and power play among couples has combined to deny young people the love and attention they truly deserve, more and more teenagers are leaving home to peer up with bad influence which eventually lands them in jail for the lucky ones and six feet under for the not so lucky.
The Media and the internet have taken up the responsibility of molding the young ones amongst us, leaving us to pursue the careers we treasure. But in the end we will all pay the price for the moral mistake we all combine to initiate and live with the repercussions of raising a generation without values.
Directly or indirectly, we owe these kids the responsibility of letting them know that they are loved, and that despite the barrage of challenges they face in a world that is constantly changing, we will never turn our backs on them.
Quote.
We may not be able to prepare the future of our children, but we can at least
prepare our children for the future
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
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