Dad Pushing Son To Be In Love
Correspondent | Monday December 19, 2016 13:25
We normally help each other in times like that. Around 3pm, I wanted to go out and to tell the kids that I was away. My neighbour has twins, a boy and a girl. Mine is a girl.
So mine plays with the twin girl and both of them are 12 years. The twin brother of the girl was playing with other boys of his age in another yard. I went to my neighbour’s house to check on the girls.
When I got there, I found the two girls in the company of one boy who happens to be the son of my other neighbour. When I got there I asked him what he was doing amongst girls.
I told him that boys were playing out there and he must go and play with other boys than to be in the house with girls. Initially, this boy was playing with other boys and he sneaked out from them and secretly went to the girls.
The boy then went away and told his father that I have chased him away from the house, which my daughter and her friend were in. His father led the way following me. I stopped to hear what the problem was. He angrily asked me why I chased away his son from the house which the girls were in. I told him that other boys were playing outside and he must play with the boys and not the girls.
I thouzght I was reasoning like a parent just like any other parent who has the welfare of his child can do or say. The neighbour hated this and started to insult me, telling me that I was a bastard and other unprintable insults. I asked him whether he wanted me to leave his son to court our kids or to end up having sex with them.
He got angry and continued insulting me and I just looked at him. He concluded by telling me that he will end up killing me if I messed round with his son. His son is either 10 or 12 years, but the size of his body is huge.
His son also bullies to our kids and feels superior. Most of the neighbours hate him. From there, he instructed his son to go back to my neighbour’s house to play there and do whatever he wanted to do in it. I just listened to him saying all that. My daughter and her friend heard the neighbour saying that, and they got out of the house.
I am so close to the two girls. Neighbour was trying to show my kid and her friend that he could insult me the way he likes and was expecting a fight from me.
I just watched him as I know my stand. I am not moved by the devil. When his son was trying to go to them, they passed him going the other direction heading to my place.
I told the neighbour that I don’t want to see his kids at my place. He told me that I am a poor man and there is nothing his kids can look for in a poor man’s place. I kept quiet as that is his usual talk, with which he also labels his customers.
My kid and her friend joined me in the house. My daughter told me that she hated neighbour and her friend said the same thing.
I just told them that it was the work of the devil and I have defeated the devil. My daughter then told me that God is with us. I looked at her surprised as I didn’t expect her to say such.
The two girls are Christians and highly believe in God. I looked at her and her friend said ‘Yes, God is great.’ I looked at the two and gained strength from God.
What I have trained my kids is that when one member of the family is attacked, all of us surround that person who is attacked to give that person moral support and everything that person needs in order to be up again. So my kid came to give me support and I appreciated that. After that I went to Mmopane Police to report the case to Sergeant Keabetswe.
Thank you
Kebaneilwe Garebatho
Author of the book
‘THE PAIN OF LOVE’
BOX 3585
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