As a top notch Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, father of comedic/witty rapper, Falz the badt guy,- may not appear to be your average Joe when it comes to letting one’s kids venture into their heart desires.
Ironically the one person who did, in fact, have a problem with it, is his wife, Falz’s mother, Funmi Falana who is also a lawyer.
Falana, who was a guest speaker at a valedictory service and prize giving day ceremony of Crown Heights College, Ibadan, recently, said that his wife initially struggled to accept the career choices of their children who chose to practise other professions aside from law.
He said, “Don’t force any course on your children; don’t insist that they must be a doctor or a lawyer. My son Folarin, who was working in our chambers, came to inform me one day that he wanted to leave. I said I could find him a place in one of my friends’ chambers. But he said no, ‘I’m going to be a musician’.
“When I asked why, he convinced me but he couldn’t convince his mother because she’s also a lawyer. Today, he’s doing well as a musician and not as a lawyer. So let’s debate with our children to know what they want to do.”
Citing the late Nigerian music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who chose to study music against his parents’ wish for him to become a medical doctor as an example, Falana advised parents to “develop interests in the affairs of their children.”
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