The boy sidles up to his mom, clutching his stomach as he moans, ‘Mummy, my stomach hurts. His mother looks up from her laptop, sighing at being pulled away from her focused attention on her presentation slides. She has a deadline to meet and zero patience for a child who […]
I watched the 3-year-old toddler crumble up as he wailed and kicked with flailing legs and arms, seeing his mom leave the room. Tosin was a new entrant into the preschool and was having a tough time adjusting to the separation anxiety of seeing his mom leave. I moved to […]
In today’s fast-paced world, where everyone is engrossed in their individual routines and commitments, nurturing strong family bonds has become more crucial than ever. A strong family bond provides a foundation of love, support, and belonging, fostering a sense of security and happiness among its members. Promoting family bonding doesn’t […]
We parked our car, as directed by a security man, in a car parking lot in a shopping mall one hot afternoon. A movement in the car parked beside ours caught my attention. A cute toddler stood across from the gear, leaning on the steering wheel. She grasped the wheel, […]
One of the reasons why I have so much sympathy for children is the fact that they are innocent, helpless souls. Imagine the fact that a newborn baby is a tabula rasa. Tabula rasa is a theory that postulates that the human mind at birth is a blank slate. Thereafter, […]
In most parts of the world, children start school formally at about the age of five. In some other countries, especially in Africa, they start one form of schooling or the other right from about the age of two. The average student, therefore, starts attending school from about the age […]
Positive, clear, and undistorted communication is the key to a healthy relationship between individuals. The exciting and easy-flowing conversation is the bedrock of building intimacy and establishing connections between people. Communicating effectively with children is the secret to transmitting positive values and developing good character in children. When communication breaks […]
Tobi, aged 6, returns from school, shrugs off his school bag, barely stops to remove his school uniform, reaches for the TV remote, and flops on the rug in front of the TV to watch his favorite cartoon show. We live in a culture overwhelmed with all manners of electronic […]
Whether children maximize their potential as they journey through life is determined largely by the environment in which they grow up. This environment is created substantially by parents through the parenting style adopted in bringing up each child. In other words, your parenting style goes a long way in shaping […]
We all face disappointment and loss in life. Children do too. While adults might have a more developed mental capacity to understand the crisis they are going through, the same is not true for children. Your major goal as a parent should be to enhance the emotional growth and maturity […]
