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A WARY MIND SUBSISTS IN ASSUMPTIONS, THUS, OOZE SUCH

Dear Coach, I have a sister who brought two amazing souls to this earth. It is unfortunate that my sister is no longer breathing on the surface of the earth. One of the children’s father is still alive whilst the other we have never met. Immediately after my sister’s burial, the living father approached the family to propose to take his child under his custody and the family agreed since he has always been actively partaking on the welfare of his child.

We had absolute no doubt that he will do a sterling job to give the daughter a good life that would inspire a bright future for the young one. Our relationship with her father has total changed over the past eight years because he speaks arrogantly, bluntly and he is very aggressive.

With that into consideration, we suspect that he might be possibly abusing his daughter. I personally bumped on her a couple of weeks ago at the mall and I could barely recognise her. It was until she came to greet me that I noticed her. She has lost so much weight and her appearance exhibits a depressed soul. I tried to engage her but unfortunately, she exhibited a depressed face and was very uncomfortable to express herself. I have made attempts to engage her father but to my surprise I got some negative feedback from him and it was so toxic to conduct any conversation.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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