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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Talent, Hardwork & the Holiday When I received this message a few weeks ago, I knew that the time would soon be ripe to share it in this column… and what better time than now that our children are in the holiday mode? Reflect, Retrack, Respond. I will tell you a story about Talent, Hardwork…
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It was only 6:19 in the morning and Arike was all set for school. “Should I get baba Driver to take me?” School being less than 20mins away, I encouraged her to use up the gained time on something productive. After all, baba Driver won’t be ready at this time and it wouldn’t add up…
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In today’s world, children are influenced by knowledge from various sources, as a result of this, parents are faced with the challenge on how to raise good children in today’s world. The following are actionable tips you can use to boost your parenting and surmount these challenges;
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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…
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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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