Jim Iyke, the Nollywood actor, has sparked reactions with his recent comments about parenting. He said that a single mother alone cannot raise a boy into a “proper man” without the help of a male figure.
The actor made the statement during an interview with Okay 101.7 FM in Accra, Ghana, where he spoke about family, discipline, and the role of fathers in raising children.
According to him, women naturally have the gift of nurturing and showing love, but they are not built to raise boys into men without male guidance. He argued that boys need a male influence in their upbringing, whether it is their father, an uncle, a grandfather, or even a trusted male figure.
“A woman can’t raise a man. You can’t, you’re not built for it. A single mother cannot raise a man properly. You need a male influence – go get your brother that’s doing well or your father or even any man that you trust. There has to be a male presence in it [raising a boy child].
“Because women are naturally built to nurture, to love. And then what you’re going to raise is a very weak man? He is going to be everything like the men that left you. You need somebody that would discipline him, tell him ‘No’ as often times as possible, and put him in the grind,” he stated.