25/05/2026
There is a level of moral decadence rising in our society that should terrify every parent, every teacher, every leader, and every sane adult.
A 21-year-old boy stabbed his own billionaire father to death on the 15th of May, 2026 because he believed the man was “stingy.” His friend's fathers gifts his friends cars and they are not as wealthy and so he unalived him.
A teenager was murdered by his own friends because he had an iPhone and so they assumed his parents had money and could pay ransom.
December last year, some people kidnapped a father and son in my community, they were apprehended this year and they were Teenagers.
Children are becoming comfortable with violence, greed, manipulation, and cruelty and many of us are still acting like this is normal.
What exactly is happening to our world?
Is it poor parenting? Absent parents who are too busy chasing survival or wealth that children are left to raise themselves?
Economic hardship? Could this account for the absence of parents or it's just the endless crave for more?
The dangerous messages from social media influencers? The obsession with money and “soft life” at all cost? Young boys are constantly told that if they don’t have money, they are nothing. Young girls are being taught to “bill men” and measure value through material things. Influencers glorify reckless living, fraud, disrespect, and excess and because they appear successful, millions of young people follow their words blindly. A generation learning values from TikTok trends instead of responsible adults?
Then society acts shocked when some children begin to believe that money matters more than human life.
We are raising children in a world where character is becoming less attractive than cash.
Where discipline is mocked.
Where accountability is seen as wickedness.
Where parents are physically present but emotionally absent.
Where many homes have become lodging houses instead of places where values are intentionally taught.
Honestly, this breaks my heart.
Because five years from now, if nothing changes, the terrible stories we are hearing today may become the “good old days.”
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