Yesterday, I attended a parents’ and guardians’ forum organized by a reputable school — I was there to represent the men in my organization. But nothing, absolutely nothing, could have prepared me for what I heard that day.
A teacher narrated an incident that left the entire hall in stunned silence.
A student’s phone had been seized for violating school rules. His mother, furious, came to the school to demand that her son’s phone be released immediately. After all, “it was her property.”
But the teachers were hesitant. Eventually, they called her aside and quietly revealed why they couldn’t hand over the phone so easily.
What the boy had on that device was beyond comprehension.
The teacher said softly, “Ma, your son was watching an explicit video — and it featured… you and your husband.”
For a moment, the woman froze. Her face drained of color. The entire room gasped.
Yes, you read that right. The boy had somehow recorded his parents during their private moment in their bedroom.
And that wasn’t all.
The teachers said the boy had even bragged to his classmates, saying,
“Do you know your mother’s ringtone? Come hear my mum’s — and compare it with your girlfriend’s.”
Can you imagine? The mother reportedly broke down in uncontrollable tears right there in the office.
Friends, I couldn’t sleep after hearing this. My mind kept replaying it like a broken record. How did we get here?
Technology has given us access, but it has also opened a floodgate of corruption into the hearts of our children. Phones meant for learning and creativity have become portals of perversion.
But beyond that — what on earth could make a child record his own parents?
Was it curiosity? Was it peer influence? Or was it something darker — cultism, exposure, or just a reflection of the moral decay consuming our society?
I found myself asking painful questions:
⚠ How did that boy install a camera in his parents’ room without their knowing?
⚠ What will be the emotional and psychological trauma of the parents when they realize they were filmed by their own child?
⚠ What drove him to do it — and how long had he been sharing it?
⚠ How many of his friends have already seen that clip?
⚠ And above all, what kind of world are we leaving for our children?
This isn’t just a story — it’s a wake-up call.
Our children are silently drowning in a sea of moral confusion. And while many parents are busy hustling for school fees and survival, something more precious is slipping away — the soul of their child.
It’s time to rise — as parents, as teachers, as spiritual leaders, as a community.
The church must speak. The school must watch. And the home must pray and parent intentionally.
Because if we don’t stand up now, we’ll soon be raising a generation that knows technology but has lost humanity.
May God help us not to fail in our parenting.
May grace cover our homes.
And may we raise children who fear God, even in the secret place. 🙏
