In Nigeria, and indeed most black nations, children are considered the personal properties of their parents, and so do not have the liberty to choose, especially when it comes to issues of career development. They are considered as infants with toddler-minds who should not be allowed on their own to make choices based on their desire.
Those parents drop veiled hints that the child is somehow failing to please them. If only the child would do this or be that, then mom or dad would be happy. These parents make it seem like the child is responsible for their happiness. What they make less clear is how to make the child happy. They set some unreasonable expectations which makes the child crazy with anxiety, trying to please, to be good enough and to be worthy of their love.
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