Six-year-old Adam sheepishly strolls into mum’s bedroom with crumbs clinging to his lips. Mom interrogates, “did you go take a biscuit?” Adam smiles, eyes opened and refute mom’s confrontation. “Stop lying, Adam! I see those crumbs on your mouth. Now kneel down there until you are ready, to tell the truth, young man. When are…
Read MoreThis edition will conclude the ten point agenda to get your kids to tell you more. Rule #7: Make a point of being the initiator. Children have a very short attention span. When they want something, often, they want it right away. If for any reason, you tell them to come back later for that…
Read MoreChildren model the behavior of parents. How you express and handle yourself will usually determine how your children will as well. Speaking honestly and clearly, responding calmly, and listening carefully will occur only if children are provided with models and opportunities to practice. Kids need to learn to share more than just their belongings. They…
Read MoreIn today’s living, it has become unquestionably easy to spend time with your family and not talk at all. Many parents and kids are often attached to TVs, cell phones, iPads, iPods etc so much that, even though they are just a few feet from each other- they never exchange a word! In the next…
Read MoreI was at an event a few days ago. There was this 3-year old looking cutie- Princess as she was called- who took over a seat that wasn’t hers. When the owner of the seat- Ifeoma came, our 3-year old cutie refused to get off the seat. In other not to cause a scene, Ifeoma…
Read MoreAre you doing the best parenting job you can? Do you know what to do instead of what you have always done? Do you find yourself yelling and shouting when that is not who you want to be? Do you sometimes wonder: “Was I too harsh?” “Did I do the right thing when I spanked…
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It’s been several decades ago the world experienced a pandemic. Amidst the trending Corona virus pandemic, there are indeed great lessons. Surely the virus came bearing the good, the bad and the ugly! Now worldwide, parents are compelled to be at home with their children. No outside or alternative schedule than that of the core…
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She picked up a copy of the prayer book. She flipped through till she got to the portion of the morning devotions. I quickly recognized the act. It’s a kind of manipulation. One of the unfortunate parts of parenting is that we cannot give our children everything they want. For instance, it’s part of the…
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I simply said no angry words. Rather, I gave her the privilege to choose where in the entire house she would like to use as her pretense school. She chose my room. I brought out some learning resources and gave her activities to engage her. It was back to back. She didn’t really like it.…
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Mrs IB and I car pooled. She was a teacher in my older children’s school while her children attended the same school with my younger children. So when she dropped her children to join mine on the ride to school, she picked my older ones since they schooled in the school where she was a…
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