QUESTIONS WEY YOUNG PEOPLE DE ASK
The Way I De Dress, How E Be?
Why e dey important to think about wetin you de wear? Because the clothes wey you wear go tell people the kind person wey you be. Wetin your clothes de tell people about you?
Three big mistakes wey people de make about the clothes wey them de wear and how you fit avoid-am
Mistake number 1: You de wear clothes wey they show for T.V or for internet.
One young girl wey e name na Theresa talk say, “Sometimes I de like to wear clothes wey them de show-am plenty times for T.V or internet.” E still talk say, “When you de always see people de wear one type of clothes, you go want wear-am too.”
The things for internet or T.V no de only affect girls. The book wey the title na, The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys talk say, “The style of clothes wey them de show for T.V and internet de affect boys too.” The book still talk say, “When boys still dey young, people wey de sell clothes don already de make them think about some styles of clothes.”
Try this one: Bible talk say: “When person no get experience e de believe everything wey people talk, but wise person de think well before e do something.” (Proverbs 14:15) As this verse show, take your time think about the kind clothes wey them de show you for T.V or internet. For example, when you see clothes wey them de talk say e dey “sexy,” ask yourself say:
‘Who go gain if I buy this kind clothes?’
‘Which kind person people go think say I be if I de wear this kind clothes?’
‘Na so I want make people de see me?’
Wetin you fit do: For one week, anytime wey you see things wey they show for T.V or internet about clothes, ask yourself this questions: Wetin them de try teach? Them de try make you feel say you must wear this kind of clothes? One young girl wey e name na Karen talk say: “Them de try make we look perfect, dress perfect, and show our ‘perfect’ body.” E still talk say, “people wey de sell know say na so young people de think, so them de use this chance to make them buy wetin them de sell.”
Mistake number 2: You need to dress for way wey you go look like other people.
“If one new style of clothes come out,” as one young person wey e name na Manuel talk, “then everybody go want wear that style. If you no join wear that style, then you no go dey popular.” One young girl wey e name na Anna agree with that one and talk say: “Wetin dey important pass na to dey popular.”
Try this one: Bible talk say: “Stop to allow this world mold wuna.” (Romans 12:2) With the advice wey this verse give, look the clothes wey you get and ask yourself say:
‘Wetin de make me de dress for the way I de dress?’
‘The name of the company wey make the clothes really dey important to me?’
‘I de wear clothes to show myself?’
Wetin you fit do: Instead make you de think say to dey popular you need to de wear clothes wey everybody de wear, know wetin you want so that wetin other people de think about clothes no go worry you.
Mistake number 3: If you wear sexy clothes, you go look good.
One girl wey e name na Jennifer talk say: “To talk true, sometimes you fit de feel like make you wear clothes wey short, dey tight, or de show your body.”
Try this one: Bible talk say: “Make wetin de make wuna fine no be thing wey eye fit see . . . but make e be the kind person wey you be for heart.” (1 Peter 3:3, 4) With the advice wey this verse give, which one dey important, na to wear clothes wey go make you look fine or na to be good person?
Wetin you fit do: The best thing wey fit make person look fine na when the person no de over do things. Plenty people no believe this one for this our time. But think about-am this way:
You don ever talk with person wey de over talk and de always talk about e self? E want make people like the kind person wey e be, but e no know say the way e de behave go make people no want dey where e dey!
Just as e de be when person de talk too much, na so e still be when person no dress well, people no go like to near the person
When you no dress well, you just be like that person. The clothes wey you wear go make people think say you want make they look you and e fit make people think say you no dey sure of yourself or you de only think about yourself. E fit still make people think say you fit do anything wey you fit to make people look you, and this one fit make bad people notice you.
If you no want make bad people notice you, dress for better way. One young girl wey e name na Monica talk say: “To dress for better way no mean say you go dress like your grandmama.” E still talk say, “E just mean say you de dress for way wey go show respect for yourself and for other people around you.”
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