I have been running series of interviews lately for a home support staff. With my accumulating work load and schedule and with children in a boarding school, I needed some sort of assistance. My agent finally called me last week Friday for a seemingly qualified candidate. As we chatted, I asked a few questions…
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“Do we really have to do this” “Are you crying” “Yes, I am” “But why?” “I just couldn’t hold back the tears as I watched her being whisked away by the flight attendant with tears trickling down her gentle face” The past few days counting down to resumption hadn’t been easy. As in, Apinke would…
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As I scrolled fast past the long posts, I noticed the alluring comments that followed. Despite, I choose not to scroll back in the moment to the article that generated all the commotion. Shortly after, I kept on getting a particular post from almost all my personal peeps. Curiosity got the better of me-…
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…
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Several years back, precisely 2008, my friends and I were on a trip to the UK. We actually went for a workshop on “Every Child Matters” at the Thames Valley University, Reading. Over the weekend of the training, we decided to go see a common friend in Birmingham. We passed two nights at our friend’s…
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Ajoke applied into the University of Ibadan to study medicine. Her friend, Rose, applied into the same institution but for economics. Having finished from the same secondary school, they were both excited and looked forward to continuing their friendship at the university. As soon as the date of the Post-UTME exams was communicated, Mr Ben,…
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And whether he made it there or not, no one could say. It was only when he was expected to return and he hadn’t, that words went out for his search. It took 48 hrs to find his lifeless and mutilated body… No witnesses to give any words…yet. There may be more or worse gory…
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The release of the last Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results brought happy faces to the average Nigerian parent. In most homes, their candidates’ performance was great- with the majority scoring over the average mark of two hundred points. This qualified them to write the post-UTME exams- at least in those institutions were such…
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