Parental pressure was one of the most challenging encounters I had as a school administrator. This pressure comes in different forms and ways, the commonest being the pressure by parents for their children to make academic progress beyond their age. Parents oftentimes feel out of the loop about their children’s academic headway, which makes them […]
Raising children does not only entail providing for their needs, teaching them how to walk, talk, and doing the regular remote parenting pattern. It also inculcates the provision of the right knowledge, attitude, skills, and resources needed for children to try new things on their own and develop some level of independence in their world. […]
Mental health in adults has gained more publicity than mental health in children. Children experience behavioural problems at a certain time in their age. Some of these are results of developmental changes, family problems, environmental influence, and so on. To some children, this gets resolved with time, but to some, it degenerates to mental health […]
Parents, you can not prepare the future for your children. You can only prepare them for the future. In our previous articles, we have written so well on parenting styles, the risks, the consequences, and the devastating effects of raising irresponsible children. Over indulgence is the most effective way of raising ill mannered children. It […]
Before I started writing this article, I first thought about how inherently gendered we are as human beings. I thought about some families, especially very influential ones who have only girls or only boys as children. I thought about how they must have felt, not having to achieve the illusive “perfect” gender combination. I realized […]
Two brothers who were raised by same parents, in same environment and under same circumstance, grew up to be two different personalities. One was very hardworking, resourceful and a successful man. The other was the opposite, a reckless and wretched fellow. Both were asked what inspired them to be who they are and they both […]
Children have to be educated, but they also have to be left to educate themselves.” – Ernest Dimnet. In the process of educating children, the best way to teach them to educate themselves is to empower their mind. Teach them that the mind is a wonder place where thoughts and ideas are created for the […]