Brigadier General (Rtd) Joseph Nunoo-Mensah believes Ghana’s biggest problem today is the loss of discipline and strong upbringing.
He said society in the past played a major role in shaping children into responsible adults.
“In those days, society managed us,” he said Speaking on The KSM Show monitored by MyNewsGh. “Everybody believed it was their duty to correct you.”
He recalled how teachers and elders were strict, sometimes harsh, but committed to leading by example.
“Our headmaster would stand in the rain with us,” he said. “He was not in an air-conditioned car. So why would you complain?”
Nunoo-Mensah admitted that discipline in the past was sometimes crude but said it helped build strong character.
“As a child, you don’t know your right from your left,” he said. “You need to be guided.”
He blamed his generation for making life too easy for their children.
“We went through hell,” he said. “We didn’t want our children to suffer like us, so we made things soft. That was wrong.”
According to him, today’s society punishes discipline instead of supporting it.
“Today, if a teacher disciplines a child, the parent will take him to court,” he said. “Things are getting worse, not better.”
