Nollywood actress, Bisola Aiyeola, has shared her struggles with parenting and the backlash she faces over the style she chose to raise her daughter.
The former Big Brother Naija housemate, who disclosed this in a recent interview disclosed that her stand was that her 15-year-old daughter is not allowed to own a phone until she turns 16.
On how she handles her schoolwork and communicate with friends, the actress said her daughter is privileged to access Zoom app via a laptop for that purpose.
She recalled how her daughter an extra year phone ban after creating a smart chat account on her laptop.
She said, “Yes, I have been judged by my parenting skills. So, my daughter turned 15 this year and still doesn’t have a phone. I have been pretty strict with that part of her life, and she begged. I told her she wouldn’t have a phone till she was 16, so she still had one more year to go. And people have been asking me, like, what if there is an emergency? Wouldn’t she be behind her pairs and all, but she has a laptop for school work? If her friends need to talk to her, they can call her on Zoom. Sometimes, people feel like I am overdoing it, or I am trying to be overprotective, and I am like, well, that’s your business.
“There was a time I found out she opened a smart chat account on a laptop, and I was like, how? I disciplined her, which made me extend her phone usage by a year because she was supposed to get it this year at 15.”
