Contributed by Abiola Okubanjo, Director of Tiger Lily Children’s Wear. It’s a well-known fact that babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Even packets of peanuts give us some heads-up as to what to expect with their very informative ‘May contain peanuts’ labelling. As parents we are entrusted with one of the most precious responsibilities in […]
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Summer on a Budget This was the first summer I decided to put summer and on a budget in the same sentence. I decided how much I was going to spend on the children (actually DH set the maximum we should spend on each child). While setting up
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Listen to good music. Music definitely improves your mood, and it’s a really simple thing to do. Don’t watch television passively. There have been studies that show that people who watch TV less are more happy: http://lifehacker.com/5095892/ha…. Which leads me to my next point: Don’t do anything passively. Whenever I do something, I like to ask myself
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By LISA DAMOUR While teaching at a Midwestern university about 15 years ago, I came across a clear case of plagiarism in a student paper. I invited the young woman who had turned in the paper to meet with me to discuss the university’s policies on plagiarism and my concerns about her work. The meeting was
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There are different schools of thoughts when this topic is discussed. Each side with their own reason. Mixed schools can be seen as necessary for the interaction between children of both sexes. Pro-mixed school people are quick to say that is good for balance. That it helps the children develop well. The strongest opposition to this
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by Tracy Nneka Osokolo Tracy Nneka Osokolo is the author of “Red Pepper and English Tea” – ANBUKRAFT Award Winner for Best New Fiction. She was a Resident Writer at the London 2012 Olympics Festival at the Southbank Centre. How is it possible for your children to have a life different from yours? I mean,
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Just like having kids, when you first start out with a blog you are lost. It is just a fact of life. Unless you have had a blog before you have little to no idea of what you are really doing. In fact you can read as many blogs as you want to before you
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | The case of the tooth fairy Where did the tooth fairy originate? Have you ever thought about it? We had a case of our first tooth loss and immediately after Tam asked when the tooth fairy will come by and put some money under her pillow. I suddenly realized that I
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I attended recently attended an event called “Parenting Outsourced”. The speaker went on to ask us how much of our parenting we are outsourcing? How much of our parenting responsibilities have we handed and transferred over to someone else?
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