If ever there is a time to be intentional and close-mark your children, it is this pre-teen to adolescent stage. While they ordinarily keep us on our toes, you’d better not be caught snoozing. At this stage, kids tend to be rebellious and careless, do things without considering consequences or implications, test limits, and, if Read More…
Many years ago, I read a story. It had to do with a medical breakthrough. Several centuries ago, when medicine was still at one of its crudest points, I’m talking about that era when patients were strapped to a kitchen table and operated on without anaesthesia or any form of painkiller. There was a war Read More…
I have had the opportunity to observe some people and certain lifestyle habits and found out they’re closely linked to success and highly productive living, so I will be sharing a few. How one starts the day sets the tone for how the rest of the day will go so the first minutes and hours Read More…
So, a home-based business is a small business that operates from the business owner’s house. We’ve read stories of so many multi-billion-dollar businesses that started from the founder’s kitchen, living room and garages and so, to a large extent, many businesses started small and grew over time. We’re going to be looking at things you Read More…
Whenever you begin to feel overwhelmed, frazzled, and stressed out, check your living space. It’s probably time to declutter. There’s so much that clutter does to you psychologically, that you may not even be aware of it until you start taking the weight of clutter off one layer after the other. My kids drew my Read More…
Some years ago, it was Open Day in my children’s school, and I visited and spent some good time in their individual classes talking about their academic performances and behaviour in school. And then my daughter’s teacher began commending me on the content of their lunch box. I eat healthy at least 80% of the Read More…
The present-day Gen Zs are in their teen years and early 20s and this is the age where many parents tend to fall out with them, or, should we say, find it difficult to get along with their kids. There seems to be this giant gully of a communication gap where parents don’t understand them, Read More…
Asides from the fact that having your children share in house chores helps relieve you of some stress, it also has numerous benefits for the kids which many may not be aware of. Sometimes we feel they’re too young and shouldn’t be bothered. Other times we feel like it’s okay and we can handle it Read More…
The first country I visited outside Nigeria was the United States. We were a group and it was a business vacation. Interestingly, we eat a lot of foreign cuisines in Nigeria thanks to fast food joints and also intercontinental restaurants. But trying these foods on foreign soil is a whole new experience. On the first Read More…
Schools will be resuming in a few weeks after the long holidays, and if this isn’t properly managed, you and even the kids can end up disorganised and exhausted even before the session commences. On one hand, parents are happy their kids will go back to school so they can rest while on the other Read More…
