Mercy Johnson, a well-known Nollywood actress, and businesswoman have talked openly about her biggest worry for her children.
Shaffy Bello, a professional actress and mother of four, and Mercy Johnson discussed their respective acting careers and parenthood in the most recent episode of Mercy Johnson’s television program, Mercy’s Menu.
Shaffy discussed how difficult it was for her as a mother to leave her kids in order to fully concentrate on her job and establish a reputation for herself in the Nigerian film business throughout the conversation.
You may recall that Shaffy Bello recently described how she moved to Nigeria in pursuit of a better life for herself after leaving her husband and children in America.
Mercy Johnson, for her part, spoke candidly about her biggest worry for her kids. She claims that her greatest worry is that her children would experience what she did as a child.
“Hmm. So I saw this quote online, let me start from there. The quote said “Overprotective moms are like girls who grew up without being protected” and that meant something.
So one of my biggest fears would be my kids going through what I went through. That emptiness and that no sense of direction. So like I always say, my life is like a scale of preference and they come first before every other thing.
“Cause as a child, I suffered so much and I remember crying with nobody to clean my eyes. I can define hunger because I know it. I can define abuse so it is a feeling I don’t want any child, not the one that came from me, to go through. So they always say “oh Mercy you’re so awesome awesome awesome”, my past is the reason why I am very protective of my kids basically.” She said.
