Life is not only a bitch but it also has puppies. As you worry about being haunted by the bitch rest assured that the puppies are on the way. I think every day that unfolds comes along with fresh worries.

If you only felt responsible for your own self, time came when other people got on board adding their weight onto your shoulders.

Now the problem is no longer how to get a family; it's how to raise good kids and create an adorable family. My recent worry is that my son's role-model has a questionable life style.

A role-model is an inspirational person, a guiding star with a desired character and a set of virtues worth imitating.

Fine, it may be the wealth the person has accumulated, the fame, the profession he/she undertook and the moral fabric the person embraces.

Sometimes it may be the way the person relates with other people, the passion and affection derived in helping people and the immense contribution he / she makes to society and outside society.

Any concerned parent should be petrified when his children are inspired by terrorist leaders, recidivists and other fellows with dubious behaviours. In Uganda and world over the music industry is one of the most successful fields.

Quite an amazing number of music stars have attained skyrocketing fame and have gathered wealth moreover with little effort. Music touches deep into the inner minds of people sweeping them off the ground into a world of fantasy.

The magic in music sends fanatics into amnesia and everybody will be craving for more. Now the music has spread to every nook and corner of the world it is the immediate profession that youngsters easily fall in love with.

The youth that likes Robert Kelly would devote all his time trying to imitate the musician's character. He will walk like him, wear tattoos like him, dress and even talk like him.

If the artist smokes his loyal fun and follower will also do the same. It is incredibly true that a girl whose role-modal is Alicia Keys can easily turn into a lesbian on finding out that her role modal is also one. Most homosexual youths would not hesitate telling you that their role modal is Sir Elton John.

When my son breaks the secret that his role modal is Bobi Wine or Bebe Cool or Butcher man I have a reason to get worried.

Gone are the days when going into music acted as litmus test for improper child upbringing. Only the uncontrollable, stubborn, less serious and uneducated family outcasts would join the music industry.

Being a doctor, lawyer, engineer, teacher, accountant and other similar professions was the order of the day. Now on stage are the musicians. But can the artists create a good professional image to change the earlier bad thoughts about them?

Artists are best described by drug abuse, fights, womanizing and adultery, violation of copy right laws, plagiarism, excessive drinking and many other crime scandals. They continue to turn down the respect that funs would like to shower them.

From such a string of misdeeds how do I support my son to have Jose Chameleon as his role model? But the onus to change music into a desired and respected profession lies on the artists themselves.

Having realized that you are in the spot light, a wide society screen where everybody can see you, there is a need to straighten up your conduct and polish your behaviours. This is part of the strategy to professionalize the industry. But as per now my son's role modal shouldn't be a musician.      

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