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Samuel Phillips

is a writer, graphic designer, photogra-
pher, songwriter, singer and a lover of
RAISING OUR KIDS God. As an Afrikan content creator, he

is passionate about creating a better im-
In A Broken World age and positive narrative about Afrika
and Afrikans.

hildren are God’s gifts No one needs a diviner to see and the dictates of this new generation
and inheritance to their also understand that we now have of social media that they find them-
parents and the communi- societies, communities, nations selves in, there must be the open
Cty at large. Like the arrows and countries that are dealing with arms of parents and older ones who
in the quiver of a great warrior a very disillusioned generation of are rich enough in wisdom to help
that are sent into the camp of the young people who are so discon- them navigate through.
enemy to do damage and win wars, nected from wisdom and truth. It’s
so are children the gifts that are sent like a very heavy veil of sorcery is Somehow, based on whatever
into the future to both establish covering our world and our young parameters, we have somehow built
the blessings of a lineage and also people are mostly the ones bearing our societies as a reactionary system
continue the line of ancient wisdom. the weight of this darkness. This, I of living, churning out people who
So how we raise them, where we believe is largely because they were are not stable in their minds about
raise them, who are involved in the born into a social media generation what life really is about. So we have
their formative years, and the health that is steeped in unreal things, false- more young people who are knowl-
of the mental and spiritual environ- hood, and mind bending manipula- edgeable in many things that the so-
ment that we help them develop tive narratives, so they really do not ciety is throwing at them, but dull of
even as they grow, will determine have antecedent from the pre-inter- spirit and the mental ability to really
how much of the family blessing net age that will help them find safe apply wisdom to life. So they live life
they will establish in the future. And spaces outside of the generation from a very selfish and self-centered
because the future is just the very that they are born into. They are not point of view. They go through life
next unknown second, minute, day able to think back and pull strength with a warped mindset that life is
or year, every minute counts when it from pre-internet experiences. a battle or competition with others
comes to doing the right thing with They just don’t have it to pull from. and that they must be the winner.
regard to raising our children. Meaning that for them to live above But the truth is, in as much as many

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