Perez Musik is a Ghanaian gospel musician
Ghanaian gospel musician Perez Musik has reflected on the impact of childhood experiences on people’s confidence, arguing that the way some parents disciplined their children may have contributed to making them timid.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on August 20, 2026, Perez Musik said children who were frequently shouted at or scolded by their parents, especially in public, could grow up struggling to express themselves confidently.
According to him, parents in his generation did not consider the environment before disciplining their children.
“When we were growing up, our parents didn’t care where we were before they beat or scolded us,” he said.
Perez Musik believes such experiences may have had lasting effects on some children, particularly when it comes to speaking up or expressing their opinions in public.
“I also think that that’s what made some of us timid,” he explained.
He noted that people who were constantly shouted at while growing up could become overly cautious about expressing themselves because they feared saying the wrong thing.
“Because of the way your parents will shout at you when you are in public and you have to express yourself, you’re a bit laid back. You’re calculating if you should say something or not,” he stated.
Perez Musik contrasted this with children who grow up in homes where they are allowed to express their thoughts and opinions.
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According to him, such children are more likely to develop confidence because they are given the freedom to communicate without constantly fearing reprimand.
“You will realise that kids that come from a home where they’re allowed to express themselves are more confident,” he shared.
The musician’s comments came while discussing his own experiences as a leader and the lessons he has learnt about how to handle people.
“You just have to understand that people are different. The people who will come in later are those who will make the thing more beautiful, but that doesn’t mean you neglect those you started with,” he said.
Perez Musik admitted that he has sometimes been harsh when correcting people, revealing that some individuals have left because he spoke to them too strongly.
“I’ve also been a type of leader where I’ve lashed out on people when I didn’t have to and I’ve discouraged them. Some people have left because maybe I spoke too harshly,” he noted.
He explained that although he intended to push people to perform better, he later realised that his approach could discourage rather than motivate them.
“I wanted to see things done in a certain way and it’s not being done. Maybe I expressed myself wrongly in a way that I shouldn’t have. At that moment I thought I was pushing the person to get the work done, but it’s not seen like that,” he added.
The musician therefore urged leaders and parents to be mindful of how they communicate with people, stressing the need to create environments where individuals feel comfortable making mistakes and expressing themselves.
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