Maternal and child health specialists have cautioned parents against taking paternity disputes about their children to social media platforms.
The experts warned that children whose paternity disputes are social media discussions are not only exposed to stigma and ridicule in the future but also more at risk of psychological and mental health issues when they grow up.
The experts urged couples to find better ways of dealing with their family issues, especially when it has to do with children, noting that information posted on social media will still be there for many years to come.
According to the experts, social media does not forget, warning that if children grow up into adulthood and found out on social media that their paternity was under dispute, they will have lots of social and mental health issues to contend with.
The experts, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Solomon Avidime; and a Professor of Paediatrics at the Department of Paediatrics, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Olugbenga Mokuolu, also said bringing paternity dispute to the social media will create unnecessary tension and pressure in the family.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with PUNCH HealthWise, Avidime said bringing paternity disputes to the social media will have a psychological effect on the child when he grows up.
The gynaecologist said, “Even if there is no social media, a child that grew up to realise that there...
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