After a girl died from mysterious burns during a sleepover in her friend’s house, the Chairperson of International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA Nigeria Rivers State, Barr. Adata Bio-Briggs has called on parents to be intentional about monitoring their children.
Taking to the social media after the unfortunate incident, Bio-Briggs gave the advice in a Facebook post on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
The FIDA Rivers Chair counselled that parents should be friends with their children so they can know what is happening in their lives.
“Parents watch and monitor your kids. Just because you want to be a modern parent, you allow them visit friends anyhow, go anywhere they want and have sleep overs. Another daughter has died from mysterious burns in her female friend’s house. This is the time to be friends with your children, so you can know what’s going on in their lives,” she wrote.