Popular Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, Mercy Johnson, has spoken out about her biggest fear about her children.
During the latest episode of Mercy Johnson’s show, Mercy’s Menu, mother of four (Mercy Johnson) and veteran actress, Shaffy Bello, struck up a conversation about motherhood and their acting careers.
During the conversation, Shaffy shared how difficult it was for her as a mother to leave her children to focus fully on her career and making a name for herself in the Nigerian film industry.
It is worth recalling that Shaffy Bello recently shared how she left her husband and children in America to seek greener pastures for herself in Nigeria. (Read Here)
On her part, Mercy Johnson spoke about her biggest fear regarding her children. According to her, her biggest fear is her children going through what she went through as a child.
“Hmm. So I saw this quote online, let me start from there. The quote said “Overprotective moms are like girls who grew up without being protected” and that meant something.
So one of my biggest fears would be my kids going through what I went through. That emptiness and that no sense of direction. So like I always say, my life is like a scale of preference and they come first before every other thing.
“Cause as a child, I suffered so much and I remember crying with nobody to clean my eyes. I can define hunger because I know it. I can define abuse so it is a feeling I don’t want any child, not the one that came from me, to go through. So they always say “oh Mercy you’re so awesome awesome awesome”, my past is the reason why I am very protective of my kids basically.” She said.
