I talk to my children about pornography on social media- Okyeame Kwame
Renowned Ghanaian rapper, Okyeame Kwame, has revealed his proactive approach to shielding his children from the harmful effects of pornography on social media.
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In a recent interview, Okyeame Kwame emphasised the importance of open communication with his kids regarding online safety and responsible social media usage.
“Some of the problems that we foresaw was pornography. When my children become teenagers, we sit them down and talk about the dangers of some of the things they see online - the negative and positive effects of watching pornography.
“So it is not as though I am telling them that porn is bad, there is a God in Heaven that if you masturbate you will go to hell. Once the children grow up and realise that those things don’t matter, they will go and do it,” he said.
The musician further noted that they rather teach their children how pornography will affect them directly.
“So we let them understand the scientific reasons why it is important to shield yourself against those things. But I think that if you are open-minded and you are not judgmental and you are having free conversations with your children, they will come and tell you at least 50% of the things that they wish you know and the rest you will have to use parental threats to find out,” he said.
According to Okyeame, there are times that they reward their children for logging on to websites that provide proper education and also gets them punished when they flout rules set for the use of their gadgets.(Related articles: 26 years of music, 25 years of Ghana Music Awards race: Bragging rights of Okyeame Kwame, Artistes don’t do hip life music because streaming platforms don’t have a category for it — Okyeame Kwame)
His children, Sir Kwame Bota and Sante, also opened up on how their activities on social media are regulated by their parents to shield them from abuse and other social media-related attacks.
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Okyeame Kwame explained that he and his wife Annica created social media handles and websites for their children when they were born because, with their brands and marketing backgrounds, they knew the children would need them when they grew up.
“Our children woke up to see us working on social media. When both of them were born, they saw us working at a communications company that built websites and managed social media pages of companies,” he said.
Source: Joy Entertainment