As a child, I spend a lot of time in my bedroom where I would play with my young brother at times sleeping comfortably and others times jumping up and down on the beds with him. We used to have fanciful moments that still linger in my memory clearly, as they occurred. When a try to revisit the room now, it dawns on me that there was more that I just used to see. There was a large table which I did not fully understand its use in that place. However, I remember that at times I would enter the room with my school bag and privately do the homework that the teacher had given. I realize that the table was meant for important purposes like reading, and carrying out other forms of private studies and educational work. However, little did I use the table for the purpose it was meant. There was a wardrobe where my brother and I kept our clothes.
There were photographs on the wall of the family members that did not make much sense to me at the time. There was always an air freshener in the small cupboard within the room. We would occasionally spray the room in order to get fresh air in the room. A radio system was by the bedside, which we used to turn on and listen to music and other play programs that really appealed to use. Most of the times I would go to the room either to do my homework from school or listen to various programs on the radio. It was indeed spectacular but little did I know to appreciate my parents for such gestures. When I look back, I find that there was everything in its right place and for the right purpose.
Among the things that transpired, there was this one spectacular thing the radio system in the room. It confuses me why my parents had installed it in the room it was tuned to play religious sons and programs that involved child issues. Why our patents encouraged out to tune unto such channels has remained a dilemma to me. The reason as to why I was so keen to follow what our parents instructed us regarding the radio channels still baffles me. I found it all interesting to listen to the channels that our parents pointed out to be good for us at the time. I was not influenced to turn on other channels that contained music and programs that appealed to them more.
Notably, my adherence to my parents’ instructions regarding the radio in our room makes me thinks of the concern and love for our parents. They did not want us to get involved in listening to channels that would otherwise affect our morality so that we would not be ethical any more. It is wonderful and interesting the concern for our parents in this matter since some channels fitted mature people and not kids who might learn things unnecessary for their proper growth and development. I really wonder where our obedience came from but we used to value everything that our parents taught us and spoke in favor of. Essentially, some channels played music of different genres, which might have significant influence on young people so that they may begin to act out of the information gotten from listening to such. Our parents therefore did all this to avoid contamination of our minds with unnecessary stuff at our age at the time.
