Recently, there has been a new trend of deviant behavior amongst youngsters. This whole marlian concept seem to be making waves. Whether you call it a cult, a tribe or a new movement lsn't what this seeks to address. Believe it or not, millenials are at it again, they've found another way to express themselves.
A lot of people have expressed their displeasure at this development. However, is it enough to just express displeasure over the negative influence this has caused? Will "beating it out" of them help to achieve a whole child? Is discussing the lyrics of the song all that is needed to be done? We can keep blaming Naira Marley for the song, the Federal government, the inefficient regulatory bodies. But what about the primary care givers ,the parents........ what about you?

When nursing a baby, he'll express his discomfort to you by crying. if it is a wet diaper that's causing the discomfort, even if you feed him, or try to play with him, he will keep crying. Until you are able to figure out what is making him uncomfortable. Until you change that wet diaper, he won't stop crying.

In the same vein, beating the child and other techniques most caregivers have chosen to adopt are ineffective because they are not addressing the core of the issue.
Irrespective of the way this whole marlian concept and the vices that are now associated with it started, don't be carried away or overwhelmed by it. Let's get this straight. This isn't all about Naira Marley, the weed smoking, the drugs, the weird hairstyles, no regard for authorities, breaking rules nor illicit sex. These are all masks. Identifying as a marlian is not the main disease, but a symptom of of a more chronic problem -"Approval seeking" caused by imbalanced upbringing.

Criticising the song or lifestyle is like beating down the leaves on a tree that is causing nuisance in your garden instead of uprooting it. There is always hope for a tree whose root is deep in the soil, it will grow again at the scent of water. This is why you need to understand the root of this deviant attitude and style in order to deal with it.

When one relegates his own ideology of life to follow another's life principle without acknowledging his own soul, that person is seeking for approval. Another way one seeks approval is by indulging in extreme non conforming behaviors in order to draw attention to self.
Why do they seek approval?
Approval seeking shows a lack of self confidence, low self esteem, loss of identity, a need for acceptance and a low self worth.
If you haven't groomed your child or ward in the area of self esteem, identity etc, and he or she hasn't express any form of deviant attitude , don't get too comfortable, lest trouble comes to take a stroll in your paradise. Sooner or later another new movement will emerge. Remember there was a time when young people were joining the ISIS Movement, now it is the marlian gang. We are yet to find out what the next will be. Whatever it is, hope your beloved child won't be caught in its web.

If you just said God forbid, I say a big Amen to that for you, but guess what, you will have to do the required work on that child, prepare him or her for the odds ahead, then God will forbid.
Don't think because he lives in a religious setting, he is automatically shielded from all the ills in the society. The Lady whose letter went viral about a couple of weeks ago, (the one whose daughter was suspended from school for being a member of the marlian cult) is a clergy. More things to talk about from that letter, but that's gist for another day.

Raising your child is your primary responsibility, don't delegate it to the society. Your action and inactions count.
Get to work on that child.

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