Mercy Johnson, a Nigerian actress and mother of four, has revealed her greatest fear about her children.
During the most recent episode of Mercy Johnson’s show, Mercy’s Menu, the mother of four struck up a conversation with guest Shaffy Bello.
The two women’s conversation ranged from motherhood to acting. Shaffy Bello opened up about the difficulty of leaving her children to pursue an acting career in Nollywood during the discussions.
Mercy Johnson revealed her greatest fear about her children as a result of her revelation.
Mercy Johnson said;
“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.”