Juliana Olayode, the Nigerian actress, has expressed her concern about what she describes as the rising level of sexual awareness among teenagers.
In a post via Instagram, the actress recounted how she was left heartbroken and speechless by the kind of sexual conversations teenagers now engage in online.
She reminisced on how different things were during her teenage years, saying it was once unacceptable to even speak to boys openly.
She also criticised adults who encourage such behaviour, warning that teenage mistakes can have lasting consequences and should not be normalised.
“The other day I was on TikTok and I saw a video of some teenagers talking about their body count, and I was shocked,” she said.
“Some of the sexual terms they used in the video I had to search for the meaning to understand what they were saying.
“I just remember that when I was a teenager, it was not okay for you to have a boyfriend, found on the streets in broad daylight talking to a boy.
“I remember that our parents would say that if a boy touches you, you are pregnant and all of that.
“But today, you see teenagers making videos of themselves and their partner kissing, touching, travelling together, vaping and drinking.
“And I ask myself, what’s going on? Who lied to these kids? I see a lot of adults in their comment section encouraging them.
“How is it that you’re encouraging them to continue doing these things? This is part of the foundation of their lives.
“People have made mistakes as teenagers that they are still healing from today, that they are still regretting today. So, why are we encouraging them?”
In an accompanying caption, Olayode further argued that sex is more spiritual than many acknowledge and should be reserved for married couples.
She added that the rising sex drive among teenagers is alarming and urged parents to be more intentional about raising their children, warning that too much freedom can be destructive.
“Sex is spiritual, people only talk about the fun part, nobody talks about the spiritual aspect of it,” she added.
“Sex and other sexual activities are for married people. I can write an epistle about this. The sex drive amongst teenagers these days is alarming, it often breaks my heart and keeps me wondering who lied to them.
“There are certain things I still cannot do now, I keep hearing my mother’s voice in my head.
“If we are not more intentional about the way we raise our children, we would not be happy about the kind of adults this generation would produce.
“What happened to train up a child in the way he should go and when he grows he will not depart from it? Proverbs 22:6
“We can not just give them a free hand, sometimes too much freedom is destructive.
“There’s so much in my heart to say, for adults that view this content, if we can not correct them, let us not support them.”
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