It is really sad that many women in their struggle to taste the joy of motherhood have been devoid of happiness because of their inability to have children while those blessed with offspring throw them away denying such babies the right to live

We are to learn that these babies constitute the backbone or mainstay of the future of a country and yet are treated very unfairly by their parents to the extent of dumping or killing them.

When such occur, the girl or the woman is likely to be blame, but who are the masterminds of this menace?

Mothers sometimes ally with their girl children to dismiss such shameful act after realising that they are pregnant. They will start with abortion and if that fails, the next thing is to kill or throw away the baby immediately after birth.

This is about accepting and treating these mothers and their child without scorn and judgment. Only then will the baby dumping stop. It’s not too much to ask, I think especially when leaders are enjoined to treat others with love and kindness. After all, the baby’s mother and father may have sinned, but the baby is sinless, right?

Parents are understandably eager to see their children succeed. When that eagerness turns into anxiety .Parents may burden their children, pushing too hard too soon. Not knowing that there is danger of excess when some children seem to have as many pressures as hurried adults do.

It is true that some parents work extremely hard to provide every possible material for the comfort of their children convinced that they are working to ensure their children’s happiness is guaranteed.

They lack the most essential ingredients of good childhood and parental care and love. This is a dangerous practice that should be avoided to shape the future of the girl child.

To avoid this escalation, family values need to be emphasised by parents. They need to learn how to communicate with their children especially the girl child.

Parents should inculcate in their teenage girls the habit of self-control which may help them to grow into responsible and virtuous women.

Girls/women should also recognise their own worth and identity so that they may be able to resist sexual advances and respect the rights of others to say "no".

They should respect and know that their bodies and emotions are valuable and should not be exploited for the pleasure of others. And this needs collective responsibility that will put all hands on deck to steer the ship of state.

It should not assume that this problem will not be with us forever. We must train girls to take responsibility for their actions.

This situation is becoming unbearably frustrating in spite of the fact that women who fall into this trap are prosecuted for committing such crimes single-handedly.