Specialists advise parents not to impose skill acquisition on children

Beauty specialists in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, urged parents not to impose their preferred skill acquisition on their children.

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The specialists in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Nasarawa, said imposition of a particular skill acquisition contributed to the child not excelling in it.
According to them, it is the reason most children are not doing well in the various skills they find themselves.
Mrs Christy Emmanuel, a beauty therapist, said many parents had failed in their roles of helping their children in bringing out their potentials.
She said it had made some children go into skills they had no passion for, making them end up not doing well on the skill imposed on them.
Emmanuel further explained that as a result, they ended up not doing well in the skill imposed on them.
‘’As a parent, you guide your children on their skill area of interest and skill passion, and not imposing any skill on them.
“Whatever one does not have passion, one hardly ends well or last long on it, at the end of the day, the person will fail.
“As a beauty therapist, I can tell you that I am functioning well in this field because I have passion for It. I was not forced to go to this area of specialisation.
“After my university education, I was deliberating on what else to do to add to the certificate that I already acquired, then the thought of being a beauty therapist came to my mind.
“Due to my passion and interest for make-up, I was able to acquire every knowledge pataining to beauty and I can confidently say I am not having any regret on that,” she said.
According to her, when parents make the child to go for what he or she feels like not doing, the child is bound to bring shame and disgrace because there will not be any good result.
Miss Gift Anayo, a hair stylist, said that a child should be given opportunity to decide on the skill acquisition of his or her choice; it makes the child to be self-developed.
Anayo said that children could not develop on what they did not have interest in, or that which was imposed on them, adding that such would not make the child to be self dependent.
“Development work with what an individual chooses to do, doing it well and expanding on it.
“But in a situation whereby a child is not given liberty to choose, disaster will be the order of the day.
“Even, when they are allowed to choose the skill, they should also make them to diversify; they should not be restricted to a particular skill.
“For example, when you are a make-up artist, you will be limited only to make up, but when you diversify, you have knowledge in other areas like cosmetology, manicurist, pedicurist and others.
“When you do not have client in make-up, you will definitely have client in cosmetology because everyday new things are trending,” she said.
Also, a male beautician, Mr James Irabor, said allowing a child in making decision on choice of skill acquisitions would go a long way in helping him or her to excel.
According to him, it is not possible for an individual to do well in a skill that he or she does not have passion for.
He added that imposition of skill acquisitions on children could cause more harm than good due to lack of interest on the skill.
“Nobody kicked against my passion of becoming a male beautician, I feel excited in doing what I am into now.
“What you have passion for makes you to come back for more, by improving on your skills, as well as knowing more about what is trending in that area.
“When one is passionate with a particular skill, one will be positive because passion is associated with positivity and such boost.”

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