There are certainly didn't sides to a story. This is just for parents who allow their children so much freedom. Young people these days need to be advised accordingly because they are exposed to a lot media that can easily derail them from a good path and you can always trust the press to carry good and bad information.
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future’ – Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Last week, Omotola Jalade-Ekiende went on a rant on social media in response to entertainment bloggers who described her daughter Meraiah Ekeinde as ‘Hot and sexy’.
The Nollywood actress and 2013 Time Magazine Icon barked at
online media, chastising them for visiting her 14-year-old daughter’s
Instagram page, culling her photos and spreading them all over the
internet.
‘Thank you to everyone who wished Meraiah a happy birthday.
However, going to a 14 year old’s ‘private’ online accts to post her
pictures for public viewing is totally inappropriate. Her father and I
are horrified as parents and guardian that a minor’s picture can be
paraded online as ‘hot’ ,’sexy’ etc.’, she wrote on her official Facebook page.
It should be noted that as at the time Meraiah’s photos were posted by bloggers, her Instagram account was set on ‘public’.
Dear Omotola, I’d like to say that the media has done nothing,
absolutely nothing wrong and do not owe you an apology for publicising
your daughter’s photos. You should be the last person pointing fingers
as it clearly shows you’ve scored a D minus in raising this cute kid.
Meraiah Ekeinde is four years away from adolescence but by merely
studying her Instagram page, you’d be amazed at the kind of photos a
14-year-old girl puts up – we are talking sexualised seflies, showing
off her ‘curves’, pouts, using hashtags like #StaySexy and posting memes containing vulgar language like the word ‘FUCK’.
I’m sure Meraiah means no harm and she is in the early stage of
youthful exuberance but dear Omotola, do you approve of an underage
turning up her sexiness in the eye of the public? Why hasn’t she been
cautioned to take down these sexually suggestive photos? Why is it that
you have failed to understand that Meraiah, a minor, has no business
trying to act like your fellow desperate Nollywood actresses on social
media?
Instead, you choose to be horrified by the media calling her ‘Hot
and sexy’, accusing them of intruding on you poor little girl’s privacy.
Madam, you’ve got it all wrong. Are those photos ‘Hot and sexy’? Oh my, yes they damn are!
It’s a shame that up till now, these photos haven’t been deleted.
It’s a shame that you’ve asked the media to behave like adults and draw
the line when you’ve not acted in the same faith.
In February 2012, US rapper Nas’ 18-year-old daughter Destiny Jones posted a box of condoms on her Instagram page. The media and community attacked Nas and his baby mama Carmen Bryan for
the post which was subsequently taken off. Nas didn’t come out
defending his daughter or attacking the media, he rather blamed himself
on his song ‘Daughters’.
Dear Omotola, you always profess the idea of changing the world, it’s time to start from your house; clean it up…
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| Written by Osagie Alonge |
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