We’ve all heard the story before; we know at least one example. It often starts with a “wayward” child, one who has become too difficult to...
One hot afternoon I walked into an eatery while coming from an event. I was by the till when I saw this little boy of about...
1. Fall in love with your baby through a positive birthing experience for baby, mother, and father. Then strengthen that love by breastfeeding your child until...
“Everyone gets a trophy”. Those were the words swirling in Tommy’s head, as he lay helplessly on his hospital bed, unable to move. One for the...
Childhood and youth are very trying times; they were trying in my day and I wonder what it must be like for these teenagers. The emotional...
One beautiful Monday night I was watching Tinsel with my mother and on this particular episode ‘Brenda’ which is played by ‘Funlola Aofiyebi’ had a son...
I cringed inwardly at the fiasco going on beside me as I waited my turn at the salon. The woman sitting next to me had her...
One of the greatest gifts a mother can give herself and her child is breastfeeding. It fosters a bond to which nothing else compares. It can...
Parent with Love The first rule of positive parenting, “children don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”- Theodore Roosevelt. Positive...
Yesterday I was appalled by an episode I watched on Judge Judy. The plaintiff, a woman had her teenage son as witness. In what was otherwise...
There is an increasing number of youngsters living with the notion that love is difficult to manage or a myth altogether, mainly because their primary role...
My cousin’s display message on her BlackBerry on Saturday morning read “parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the...
Last Christmas when my friend visited with her daughter, she came to the conclusion that I do not like children. For some reason, it wasn’t a...
My best friend and I decided to take a trip out of town. On the day, we got on the train and settled into a booth....
Growing up in a country like Nigeria has a way of making you stronger than you even know. The strength to wake up everyday in our...
When I was younger I truly believed I was adopted because I felt my mother was the most wicked woman on earth. I knew that everything...
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