Justice Boakye-Danquah, popularly known on eTV Ghana as Adwen the Love Doctor, has made known that the consequences of wronging a child is usually more dangerous than wronging an adult.
Stating the reason for this, he said that children, until they are old enough, are considered as unable to identify right from wrong, hence whatever wrong they do is not recorded in heaven. Just as they cannot tell right from wrong, they cannot speak for themselves when wronged.
“Because children cannot speak for themselves, when you wrong them, it is God who speaks for them so when you do anything bad to a child, it is very dangerous”, he said.
Adwen narrated the story of a house-help who confessed to cooking with her dirty after-bath water for her boss’ children to eat just because she despises her boss. He commented on this that the consequences of taking out her hatred for her boss on her children will come back to her even greater than it would have if she had wronged the boss herself.
He advised in accordance with this that people should learn to handle their issues with whomever is involved, rather than taking it out on other people, especially children.
By: Maureen Dedei Quaye