Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has called on mothers to break free from negative generational traditions and create a nurturing, positive environment for their children.
Speaking at her daughter Priscilla’s baby shower held over the weekend in Canada, Ojo stressed the importance of intentional parenting and the power of positive declarations.
The actress advised women not to resign themselves to the belief that the hardships or destructive patterns of their past must inevitably affect their children.
She encouraged mothers to embrace faith and positive affirmations as tools to dismantle harmful cycles, while also addressing the weight of ancestral curses and the need to consciously overcome them.
“Sometimes you need to sacrifice so much for your children,” Ojo said. “You have to think, for me to be here today, to have this baby, I made that decision and whatever comes out of it, good or bad, it is not a burden for my children to carry and I will never deprive my children of their blessings.”
She added, “When mothers carry the pain and struggle and you extend it to your children, you deprive them of certain things. There is something called ancestral curses — you cannot break it if you are leading it. For you to break it, you must stop it and you must end it.”
Ojo, a mother of two, encouraged women to redefine motherhood with a focus on healing, strength, and a renewed vision for the next generation.
