Rapper,
TeePhlow has cautioned parents to train their children properly and not to
leave the moral upbringing of the child to celebrities.
TeePhlow
who was speaking from his base in the USA due to the coronavirus lockdown told
Amansan Krakye on Radio Central that, “Proverbially", it is said that no
one teaches the child that there is God. Parents must train their children
morally in order not to copy blindly from celebrities.
“You
see when we were growing up, we mingled with a lot of friends who did all kinds
of bad things. But some of us due to the good parenting we had we always eschew
bad deeds.
“Don’t
always take celebrities as people who will shape the morals of your child.
Though celebrities are role models, they are humans with different characters.
“An artist may endorse an alcoholic
beverage on TV or radio just for the monetary gains but might not even drink
that product in reality.
“So those who are arguing that if we allow celebs to advertise alcoholic drinks we will be influencing kids badly, please train your child by setting a good example as a parent and also teach them God’s word in order to shun all forms of social vices”.
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has
banned all celebrities in Ghana from advertising alcoholic beverages with the
aim of avoiding unnecessary bad influence on kids who see these celebs as role
models.
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