If you have an African parent then you know how they don’t mess around.
Here are so many memes and videos about African parents that can keep you amused for days. Like this one
A while back @curateAfrica – Tehn Diamond took us back to when we were young and how our parents would discipline us for any small mistake or express their disappointment.
1. Our parents have eyes on the back of their heads or a third eye. That or the ancestors are whispering to them what we would do in secret.
Broke a vase. Buried it in the garden. Nobody saw me. I found that vase on my bed that night next to a belt. #AfricanParentsDontPlayThat
4. Your neighbours believed it takes a village to raise a child. So your friend’s mother will beat you on your mother’s behalf. That didn’t mean that your mother still wouldn’t discipline you.
Once got in trouble. Ran to my best friend’s place down the road. Got there & HIS mom beat me FOR my mum ????#AfricanParentsDontPlayThat
Remember going to church and being excited that it was finally time to go home. Only for your mum and her friends to start catching up for the next one hour. And you were hungry. Image from http://30daysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/10/things-african-parents-do-or-say.html
7. You were playing with your siblings and having fun … But your mother did not get the memo and you got slapped silly.
Once “hid” my sister in a washing machine. Don’t ask. Mum lifted me up by my ears & slapped me b4 I hit the ground. #AfricanParentsDontPlay
8. You got a whooping for laughing when your siblings were being beaten. How dare you laugh at your sibling? Beat one, get another one to beat for free!
Where is your husband? Image from https://www.naija.ng/1132132-top-10-funny-nigerian-memes.html#1132132
13. When your sibling would make a mistake, you would help them cover up and then you would get a beating on their behalf because obviously, you were the one who made the mistake. Siblings are not good people clearly as they would not confess.
That time my little bro broke a vase & I helped him bury it. Like a fool. Anyway, I met with the belt & he watched. #AfricanParentsDontPlay
21. If it was not enough to feel the pain of falling from a tree, you needed to feel the pain of disobeying your parents and climbing trees you had no business climbing.
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