How African Parents Prepare Their Children For School

[uloakuokoro]

My mum scrubbed us till we were transparent 😂

[Daayvedmtu]

I used to think it was torture but looking back I realized no one would ever treat me with so much love like this again 😂❤
I love my mom and grandma 😂

[emc]

Instead of talcum powder on the face, it was Vaseline. You'd be going to school looking like there's an oil refinery behind your house 😂

[sophiaobi]

😂😂😂😂😂 and it's the boys calmness and cooperation for me

[d.ramgeet-wilksbyfavourmercy]

I remember my Moma putting on my uniform for High School and taking me to the bus stop while it was still dark so I'd be on time. Looking back at 12 years I was so loved. My Mom's 80th Birthday is tomorrow and I'm so grateful to YHWH. We Celebrate All Moms.

[Ramiz]

I'm not even African but that talcum powder is so freaking relatable. Asia and Africa divided by continent united by talcum powder.

[mariamendoza]

I cried laughing😂..This short video took me to memory lane. I remember my mommy giving me a bath when I was a little girl. She used to use a small towel which she lathered it...And Lord have mercy!!! She used to scrub me like this mom scrubbed her son😂. When she used to dry me up...Here came the Johnson and Johnson powder. I remember that after that bath I felt so tired and sleepy. Then combing my hair was another adventure. But I could say something... I remember that my third grade teacher used to put a gold little star🌟 in the class hygiene chart next to my name😆. Today I am 60 years old and every morning when I take a shower..I imitate my beautiful mom(RIP) with the soap lather and scrub scrub here and there...And the Johnson and Johnson powder. I love my mother and miss her so much. But mommy knew best.

[triciawilson]

Every Saturday morning I had to climb up into our concrete washtub with a block of blue soap and a rough rag, to sit and wait on my grandmother's weekly rough scrub down, while all my other cousins looked on and laughed she loved me very much, i
miss her may God bless and rest her soul🥰

[deedydiy]

Same with African American parents. The Vaseline had us frying like chickens in the sun. 😂

[kasyobee]

it's the fixing of the waist wrapper at intervals that got me 🤣🤣🤣
Our mothers are the best🥰

[abhijitchowdhury]

Just like indian parents. We have so much in common..afterall we are all of the same blood and flesh! 🤭

[Precious_Corner]

😂😂😂😂
Not with this much powder

But I can relate with the calling back to redo what you've undone😂😂

[omorouissa]

Two days after watching this I still can't stop laughing when I remember it 🤣 😂,
MAMA AFRICA we love you all.

[mamagracelovelies]

Reading of all these experiences from brothers and sisters around the globe warms my heart. There's so many things that bind us.. when they were done with my own I used to look so shiny. Happy and funny memories 💕🙏🏾 😂

[annettecampbell]

They bathe you like dat morning and night…

Also you could nevah go to school without a hot drink to break the gas on your stomach 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Both my parents have been promoted to Glory….. I will LOVE dem forever 🙏🏾❤🇯🇲❤🙏🏾

[ephitania]

From Chicago. We always got the Vaseline 😂😂😂 "No Ashy...No Ashy"

[annaotemu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣Unfortunately this is true. I remember being scrubbed just like this. And Liberian mothers use African black soap. And once you hit puberty, they scrub your armpits with lime and baking soda so you don't develope body odour. It's an unforgettable experience. Thanks to all the caring mothers of the world

[shanna-leeshaw]

I'm jamaican and I remember the days when mommy use to scrub off my skin and call it bathing, then oil me down in coco butter then kill me with baby powder 😂😂😂

[kenyangirl]

Our African mom's are the legends respect African mom's who beats you if you don't cry they'll beat you for not crying

[GlobalMindsetRealism]

I love this. My mother prepared me every morning until I was 7. I would just stand there with my hand up or out and say “ready, mommy.” She was very kind and loving ❤. Then, off to school.