Children are born learners, with a natural curiosity to figure out how the world works. Their curiosity is born from a desire to learn, explore and discover new things. The more curious a child is, the more she learns. Therefore. nurturing your child’s curiosity is one of the most important ways you can help them […]
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Many times when parents hear they need to be intentional, they wonder how to do this when they are working all day. During the holidays is a great time to spend more time. Here are some tips on how parents can be intentional during the summer. During the term when kids are in school, parents
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All parents are guilty at some time or the other of telling some harmless white lies to their children, but some lies seem to be specific to Nigerian parents. We thought this post from Zikoko on 15 lies Nigerian parents tell their children seemed to be spot on. Read below and let us know if
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At the LagosMums 4th Annual Parenting Conference and Exhibition last year (2017), during her session, Mrs Tosin Babalola shared a few nuggets to help parents be more educated about their child’s developmental milestones and about special assessment. How do you know when your child needs special assessment? There are certain developmental milestones that children attain at
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A good friend sent me a forwarded message on parenting which caught my attention. The first few paragraphs contained common mistakes parents make with children, but what struck me was the accusatory tone which the writer used. The writer made it sound as if parents who made mistakes were just plain lazy. That article sparked
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It just breaks our heart to hear this news about Dbanj and his wife Didi who lost their sweet toddler to a drowning incident at their home pool recently. The singer’s son Daniel III, who turned one year in May, drowned in a pool on Sunday at the couple’s Ikoyi residence in Lagos. He was
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Today is world drug day and a good time to focus on how to keep your children safe and talk about drug abuse. When you are a parent, there are many things to worry about. Keeping your kids safe is at the top of the list. First, you worry about the pacifier your infant dropped
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Which is harder, marriage or parenting? This was an interesting question that came up at a parenting event with This Present House and the response from the audience was eye opening. We then decided to put up opinion polls on our social media pages to find out what our mums think and we got interesting
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Growing up as girls, we all dreamed of someday getting married and having kids of our own. But now as women, we realise that having a child is more serious than we thought and there are a lot of things to consider when thinking about having a baby. Are you ready to have a baby?
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We’ve heard of the expressions from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations, in the United States. And from rice paddies to rice paddies in Asia. Does anyone know the Nigerian term? These expressions are so common regardless of culture or country. According to a study, “wealthy families across countries lose about 70% of their wealth
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