Nov 28
Dilemma
How do you explain half current to a 2 year old? How do you tell him he cannot watch Barney because the current is not full. As far as he is concerned, so long as the light bulb is on, albeit in dim mode and the fans are moving [although at slo mo], then the next thing to do is play Barney. How do u tell him that the quarter current that NEPA gifted us with cannot power the TV, without damaging it?
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you dont need to explain anything if you dont think you can…
Harrowing…I sincerely feel your pain…makes me remember an article I read where the writer said “in Nigeria,A is not for Apple”…
Things can only get better…
Baroque! Infact I dont know what to say to you.
Nolimit…I hope so.
Oh, that they would never have to know that word in their lexicon.
@ BJB…I know so!
men i dunno o…he will know what it means when he gets older…if things have not changed
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Ummm, well this would be a good time to introduce the child to electricity and how it works. I remember that my father used a similar situation to introduce me to electricity. So start from the basics, and work your way up to how the amount delivered affects what runs based on their voltage, amperage and other electrical capacities of the appliance.
Ok I don’t know if my comment posted, because I saw an error, but here it is again in case it didn’t post initially.
Ummm, well this would be a good time to introduce the child to electricity and how it works. I remember that my father used a similar situation to introduce me to electricity. So start from the basics, and work your way up to how the amount delivered affects what runs based on their voltage, amperage and other electrical capacities of the appliance.
Err, give him a speech about electricity and how it works, you will bore him so much, he will beg you to allow him to go play with his legos.
Give him a lenghty speech about electricity and how it works. You will bore him so much that he will beg to be allowed to play with his legos.
…long time!!!…that’s a hard one…sometimes my dad would get lazy and explain away my why questions with, ‘because why has a long tail’…that usually occupied me for a while…i like the way you address a bigger issue in a touching and very real way…
…long time!!!…that’s a hard one…sometimes my dad would get lazy and explain away my why questions with, ‘because why has a long tail’…that usually occupied me for a while…i like the way you address a bigger issue in a touching and very real way…
…dunno if the first comment went through…sending again…sorry…just keep one…
It is only in Nigeria that I have heard this “Half Current” thing, My brothers would try to explain, after awhile I accepted it and in fact educated my younger ones on Half current, he will learn in time, some things don’t need that much deep thought or explaining.
Haha,I have no useful advice on this dilemma. Perhaps Naapali would know! This did make me giggle though!
I dont know o. I think you’re on your own with this one!
Thats really sad but I guess u explain with the same face u explain where babies come from…
Wetin be half current? The current English be low votage o. No wonder you no explain am well.
I would just turn off the light…candles wld be brighter. Could be hard explaining to kids what half current is.
the way out? turn to barney urself! abi? lol
naija for show!
LOL.
You put on your Barney’s uniform and start singing.
Hope the current comes back though!
I was gonna say I know I commented on this…and realised I posted as Anonymous! Trust Archiwiz the engineer to have a good explanation. Lol@ GNG…i remember when adults use to give me that “because Y has a long tail” answer to..
Afrolicious is back! Isn’t that great?
NDQ…I so hated that ‘becos Y has a long tail’ response. I still hate it. Not funny at all.
MS Sula, Thot we were friends!
Jaycee, my blog pastor, how we dey?
Darkelcee…my sista, Eyinkunle lo’ta wa. Inu ile ni ase’ni ngbe’. God dey o
Toluwa, smart…just avoid answering altogether.
Standtall, Chei! We dey fight?
Zena…thnks dear.
Bumight…whatever happened to ‘a friend in need…’
GNG…been a while. What’s gunigogo? I really dont see a way out of 9ja’s electricity problem. The more money the government claim they are spending, the worse the situation becomes. I’m tired! Generators and all the noise they make is freaking me out.
Temite…not sure that will work. But will keep it in mind. Thanks!
Archiwiz…sounds good nut I’m not sure a 2 year old mind can grasp the fundamentals of electricity.
Mzcynic…very pragmatic
Rethots…Amen!
No limits…good to know there are still believers out there
Hehehe Good luck!
aawwww, the poor thing!
Well, no problem, as a mother of 3, I have the solution.
Start making funny faces and singing the Barney Song “I love you, you love me, we’re a happy family…”
Grab that baby, give him some sloppy, wet kisses, and have a crawling competition. I promise, he will forget Barney for a little bit. lol!
Bon chance!
he might be a little to young to get electricity so…my one word advice is …association…tell him he can only watch barney if the AC (or something similar) is on…good luck…
Poor child. LOL!!! I remember when i was little- i couldnt understand how they could show any other program on TV other than Sesame Street.
lol…….. ive no useful advice o
so how did u explain it! i love barney too, as old as i am. God help me
I have been away for a while and from teh soudn of this post looks like you have moved to Lagos . Wow …a lot happenes in a year o LOL
Yeah growing up in Naija teaches you a lot about everything. As a 10 year old girl I knew car radiators needed water and also knew how to check the engine oil level of my dad’s car . Converseley the car I drive now has been with me for 5 years and Ive never once popped the bonnet to check water or oil levels . Naija is good like that …nothing works as it shoudl so you get to learn how everything works
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dont explain
just put on the gen
How do you explain to a child why there are pot holes in a road?
How do you explain why? E tire me sef.
I remember the first time I had to explain why NEPA ‘took’ the light to my son. He listened to me with such rapt attention and he understood how but he obviously still could not understand why.
I almost wept.
damn..i have to start thinking of the answer to this question for when my own time comes….chai..
I thot the only questions children ask were
1.why a pregnant woman has a round belly?(usually the answer is she’s hiding a balloon).
2.the meaning of sex? (usually the answer is how to make a baby brother/sister)
3.where babies come out from (still dunt know how to answer that)
4.and now ‘what is half current?’.
There’s a way children rack ur brains.