Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Ugoma Johnson

The danger of parental irresponsibility – How to start uncomfortable conversations with your child

As a social worker, I’ve noticed that youngsters who are left to fend for themselves without parental direction frequently make AVOIDABLE blunders. Many parents avoid having lengthy parent-to-child dialogues, especially when it comes to sexual issues. Most children are left to find answers to the many questions that may be bothering them about sex and Read More…

Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Ugoma Johnson

About parents who rent out their children to beggars for payment

Yesterday, Facebook brought up a memory of a post I made back in 2019 about parents who rent out their teenage kids for begging while they (the parents) get paid after the day’s business. The post did generate a couple of comments and as usual, I decided to read through them. While some of the Read More…

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Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Ugoma Johnson

Be the pacesetter – a short note to parents

I have noticed that often when a parent reports a child to me about something which the child is doing that the parent is not comfortable with, more often than not, when I probe further, it always turns out that the child is just an advanced replica of either of the parent or both parents. Read More…

Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Society Ugoma Johnson

What gender is your child – Binary or Non-Binary?

Recently, my boss sent me a video clip made by Nigeria’s popular Nollywood actor cum philanthropist, Williams Uchemba where he called the attention of parents to something he said is becoming a norm in schools, especially in the western world. According to him, most teachers in some schools abandon the job they were employed to Read More…

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Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Ugoma Johnson

Why do teenagers fall pregnant?🤷♀️

It is no longer news that teenage pregnancy is a personal challenge that is fast becoming a universal challenge through which illiteracy and poverty are recycled.  Before now, I used to erroneously believe that poverty is the only reason why teenage girls fall pregnant, but working with young people has opened my eyes to how Read More…

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Family & Kids Featured Life Notes Ugoma Johnson

JUULING/VAPING…(Juuling is pronounced as jeweling)

Parents wake up o, another one is in town, although it has been around for a while now, but recently, it is gaining more popularity and market acceptance, especially among teenagers and young adults as they can use it right under the noses of their parents without them knowing what it is. WHAT IS JUUL? Read More…