From the stable of the parent of a teen “You know, when you saw me late last night on the laptop, I was chatting with John (fictitious name)” said my soon-to-be fourteen-year-old. She was just about nine weeks in her new school, and I was barely coming off the fevers that take over the body …
“It’s the fact that presently, I feel choked”, Cynthia said during one of her Parent Coaching sessions. “I can’t seem to function at home without getting irritated and yelling. I am scared for the relationship I share with my child. She seems to be becoming distant” she continued. “She wants to speak with me about …
“Daisy, is it ok for a man to cry?” said a man who felt the emotion, sadness very intensely. Emotions influence the way humans live and interact with others. They are our bodies’ response to the environment. We feel emotions. Feelings stem from emotions. They are what our bodies sense when an emotion is triggered. …
At such a time as this when the world suffers a lot of chaos, the challenges faced by parents in their chosen parenting styles have become evident. This evidence masked in the arrogance of ‘You can’t tell me how to raise my child’ has brought about adults who display low self-esteem, depression, frustration, mental ill-health, …
So it’s been a hectic end of year and I got me into the thinking mode as I sorted out content for the Self Discovery podcast to be launched in two weeks. One ‘Why’ that keeps rushing back – the sentence that has to do with the reason for becoming a parent. This question got …
Parenting can be a super emotional experience. There are days when the emotion tides seem low and other days when they’re high. Our duty as adults is to ensure that we create a balance especially because the child’s development is highly dependent on our ability to handle such times. A number of behaviours can warrant …
I was raised in a Christian home. At an early age, I was taught that every human was created to solve a problem on earth. I was told I needed to find out what this problem was and resume seeking solutions to it. It was difficult finding the right answers. Everybody had a way of …
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Homework – A concept that has been heard of over the years. Referring to the schoolwork given to a learner to be completed at home. With the challenges facing parents today as regards time management, Homework assistance has become a debatable topic with some ‘for’ and others ‘against’. While the proponents advocate for homework to …
Over the years, family life has evolved. There were the years of living in rural areas which saw family farming, each family producing its own food. Mothers cooked and cared for the home while fathers took charge of the farm and provided for the home. Then came the days of urban migration. Migrants would come …
The education circle is more triangular than circular in the sense that it has the child at the top, the parent to the left of the bottom, then the teacher to the right of the bottom of the triangle. Which invariably means that every party has a role to play in the academic performance of …
