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Opinion: 5 Reasons why you absolutely should not listen to your parents about career choice

by Daniel Okechukwu Have you ever been in a situation where you felt the need to not listen to your parents on the choice of career? Maybe because they are…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: “Parents are the first to slut shame their daughters” | TwitterNG women swap stories

It's open season on all sexual predators as women abroad and within our borders are opening up about their sexual abuse experiences. Sometime this week, @emani tweeted this: Nneka…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

[Opinion] Our depraved society: Who’s looking out for our children?

by Tony Ogunlowo A few days ago a rather chilling and disturbing video emerged, online, of a young teenage girl cradling a recently decapitated human head. On her own admission,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Flying with kids? 9 tips for surviving air travel with kids

by Jennifer Nagu Traveling by Air with children can be pretty daunting experience especially in cases where delays and further delays are encountered. When you consider the hassles of checking…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Pius Adesanmi: Warning to Nigerian Parents

by Pius Adesanmi There is a certain Nigerian demographic that is being raised by my generation. All of a sudden, the kids of many of my course mates in the…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Powerful women make better mothers

by Stan Ekezie Ksc In order to show my kids who is in charge, I have had to overrule my wife's decision a few times on almost every aspect of…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Where are our fathers?

by Pastor Ferdy I walked into the classroom and there was only one Dad sitting in the middle of 15 children. My son’s school had reached out to fathers…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

“I moved my kids out of America. It was the best parenting decision I’ve ever made” | 5 things we learned from Wendy DeChambeau’s astonishing story

America, the land of the free and the brave- and primarily of capitalism- is a country many, especially Nigerians, are jostling to get into. On any given day, take a…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: 10 ways parents misunderstand their kids

by Oluranti Fatoye We expect children to be able to do things before they are ready. We ask an infant to keep quiet. We ask a 2-year-old to sit still.…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: “Put it on my head” | All the things to look forward to doing as an African parent

African parents are surely and truly a peculiar lot. Whether in the motherland or across the Atlantic, their distinctive behaviour set them apart from their western counterparts. African parents can…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The danger in spanking children

by Oluranti Fatoye A parent has an interesting and often conflicting duty: keep the child safe, but paradoxically let the child explore the very challenging, often dangerous world around them.…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Ayo Sogunro: What to teach the children

by Ayo Sogunro We should teach the children History, because we cannot determine our destinations if we do not know our origins. We should teach children what we know of…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Your mother might not be as perfect as you’d like to think, but that’s okay

In honour of Mother's Day, media entrepreneur and organiser of How To Fix Nigeria, Funmi Iyanda, took on the elephant in the room. Why are we more inclined to think…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Autism is not the end for a child, and this father’s touching story proves it

Autism is 'a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterised by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts', and one…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The dreaded word ‘No’

by Oluranti Fatoye The dreaded word has been spoken. You asked your child to do something reasonable, like wash his hands before a meal; put his shoes on so you…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Hooked on drugs, addicted to sex, I wanted to die but Jesus saved me

by Gaza Knigami Precious I’ve been scared to share my testimony People (in church most especially) knew me as that talented daughter of my father that loves God. I was…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: A letter to all responsible politicians about child violence

Oluranti Fatoye The Nigeria Government is planning a legislation that would forbid parents from beating their children with implements and on the head, but otherwise would allow smacking and slapping…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: It’s always better if your children hear it from you

Want to know what method works best when dealing with teenage children? @ImAdeAkins advocates befriending them. Only then will they spill their secrets to you, and then you can advice…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: No room for kids

by Oluranti Fatoye Is there room for children in our society? Most of our culture is structured for adults, and children are unwelcome or even excluded. Children spend most…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Oreoluwa Fakorede: A letter to my daughter about boys

by Oreoluwa Fakorede by Oreoluwa Fakorede Little girl, I’m 30 now and you’re 10. And because I am three times your age, I know some things you don’t know (yet).…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: A different way of seeing children

by Oluranti Miriam At night a little boy, about five, was ahead of me in a long queue of people waiting to board BRT bus to our diverse destination with…

Tolu 7 years

Opinion: Stop putting pressure on your children

by Blessing Iyamadiken When it comes to raising children, stereotypical pressure abounds in every nook and cranny of the world, but they are most common here in Nigeria among…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Adeboro Odunlami: Not a good parent [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami Some mornings before I step out of my house, I look in my mirror and ask myself who the hell I am. I mean, I manage people…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: How I was banned from speaking Igbo

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani recalls how she was banned from speaking her mother tongue. My parents…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Tamilore Oladipo: Letting gender norms go [NEXT]

by Tamilore Oladipo I read an article in Vanguard recently about the rise of gender-neutral child-rearing and my first reaction was thank God. I honestly never thought we were going…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Iweka Kingsley presents Emily’s diary (Chapter 4)

by Iweka Kingsley In commemoration of October as the month Breast Cancer awareness globally, Iweka Kingsley writes about a fourteen years old girl diagnosed with breast cancer who shares events of her life through a…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Mary Olushoga: Supporting Nigeria’s Young Entrepreneurs

by Mary Olushoga In 2015, I tested a hypothesis on youth entrepreneurship which I had held onto for quite a while. My question was whether we can foster and enable entrepreneurial…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Aderonke Adebanjo: Nigerian parents need to know that marriage is not everything [NEW VOICES]

I was having a conversation with a friend recently - one that I've had a few times with different people - and every time I have this conversation, it sparks…

Op-ed Editor 8 years

Opinion: Has anyone else imagined this future for our children?

by Fu'ad Lawal There have been all kinds of theories about the type of world our children will be raised in, and the kind of values we will imbibe in…

Mallam Yero 9 years

Abang Dove: School of Parenting I

As children, most people were faced with lots of difficulties as a result of parental deficiencies while growing up. Some were as a result of the fact that they became…

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