I'm Sheymah Khalil and you're listening to the response on the BBC World Service.

It's a new program which lets you broadcast a story to the world using the technology in your pocket.

You'll hear stories about a father's reaction when his family was confronted by an armed kidnapper and how a Syrian woman

inspired her daughter's success.

Here's how it works. We asked a simple question online.

Could you tell us a story about the influence your parents had on you?

It was the cue for anyone with access to a smartphone to make a two minute recording recording and email it to us.

You're about to hear the results, stories about our parents unique influence on us, good and bad.

But I know what you're thinking.

Why am I hearing a live recording of Deaf leopard? Well, it's because the rock band played a key part in the life of one of our contributors who you'll hear from later in the program.

But first, here's a story from a childhood in Nigeria, as one man remembers a big mistake

over small change.

I am Shubandilhino in Nigeria, living in South Africa, and I'm going to be talking about my father.

I had a very beautiful childhood even though they didn't have enough.

He gave his oil.

I tried making extra cash to pay school bills by, you know, sometimes driving a taxi or selling

homemade cleaning stuff.

There's one particular event that I've never forgotten and I don't think I'm going to forget.

I was to buy kerosin for cooking and yeah, it gave me 500 nira instead of 400 nira. I thought they made a mistake I was so

happy you know I was spending buying fried fish and every other thing I was having so much fun but when I got

home he asked for for the change said but I gave you 500 and I know my father doesn't make mistakes with mine. Definitely not. But you know in just my childish sense, I was the fool. And from that time onward I learned a very important lesson that you don't take people

for granted and it's been a lesson that has been with me even from

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