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Tobo - Child, Omo - Child

Having Children 

GOD CREATED CHILDREN  (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN) 

To those of us who have children in our lives, 

Whether they are our own, 

Grandchildren, 

Nieces, 

Nephews, 

Or students... 

Here is something to make you chuckle. 

Whenever your children are out of control, 

You can take comfort from the thought that 

Even God's omnipotence did not extend 

To His own children. 

After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was 

"DON'T!" 

"Don't what?" 

Adam replied. 

"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." 

God said. 

"Forbidden fruit? 

We have forbidden fruit? 

Hey Eve... we have forbidden fruit!" 

"No Way!"  

"Yes way!"   

"Do NOT eat the fruit! " 

Said God. 

"Why?" 

"Because I am your Father and I said so! " 

God replied, wondering why He hadn't stopped creation after making the elephants. 

A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked! 

"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit? " 

God asked. 

"Uh huh," 

Adam replied. 

"Then why did you? " 

Said the Father. 

"I don't know," 

Said Eve. 

"She started it! " 

Adam said. 

"Did not! " 

"Did too! " 

"DID NOT! " 

Having had it with the two of them, 

God's punishment was that Adam and Eve 

Should have children of their own. 

Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. 

BUT THERE IS REASSURANCE IN THE STORY! 

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, Don't be hard on yourself. 

If God had trouble raising children, 

What makes you think it would be 

A piece of cake for you? 

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT! 

1. You spend the first two years of their life 

Teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up. 

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children. 

3. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. 

5. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.   

ADVICE FOR THE DAY: 

Be nice to your kids. 

They will choose your 

Nursing home one day.

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN" AND "KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN"!

Tobo, Omo, Emo and many other prefixes in different languages in Nigeria mean child and the suffix tells you the blessings. For my full names, children are riches, children are gold, children are gifts from God.
Always thank God for the child and have that responsibility to train the child in the way he or she should go so when he or she is old he would not depart from it.
God bless the child.

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