Young people and relationships

 The rate at which young people find so much pleasure/joy in having a partner, ie, having the status "in a relationship" is so worrisome.

It is common amongst young people to say things like (My boyfriend said, my boyfriend did, my babe said, my girlfriend said) and all talks like that.

The few ones who have no one to refer to as "babe" or any sweet them they call each other these days are seen as outcasts. 

These trends and moral decay have led young boys and girls into relationships they are not ready for, and as such suffer the consequences of lack of preparedness.

Some of these relationships hit the rock within months they venture into it, as a result of misconceptions of what a relationship is all about.

In these relationships, we see these young men acting as Dad early, as they are the ones to provide for their partner's needs and wants and anyone who is not able to provide such is seen as unready to be in a relationship.

While the ladies are forced to act like mommies early enough, they are expected to be intimate with their partners, clean, and wash for them to show they are wife materials.

Even teenagers between the ages of 13-17 who should be talking about school, exams and other means of personal development, are also caught up in this trend.

Some Male school children in Senior Secondary Schools are doing anything possible whether legal or illegal to make sure they provide for their girlfriends, who are also fellow secondary schoolmates.

In as much, the girls too go out on their way to be intimate with their young school partners to show them how much they love and value their friendship.

This menace is reaping our society of its sanity, the moral standard is been trodden upon, and abnormalities are the order of the day.

How can a secondary school student who has a long way to go become a man at age 15 or even 14 just 

to please society and their so-called girlfriends.

It is more annoying to know that most of their families are living in hunger, and are broke, these young lads will work hard either by hawking or doing menial jobs just to hand over the money to their young damsels.

These young girls have looked into society and have believed what they see, which is that the boys are to provide for their ladies or girls.

And young boys have looked into society and have noticed the trend to be girls satisfying their boys sexually and doing other menial jobs for them.

These have brought rise to the level of indecency in the world today and the rate of unwanted pregnancies and abortions are skyrocketing.

This is a call for a media campaign on social change, to change their mindset from what they see and hear in the society they dwell in, and help them know more about relationships and when to go into it, they need a change in their mindset.