GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR What are your teens or adult children doing during the long holidays? Of course after a grueling academic year, it is important to enjoy some precious family time at home or on vacation and for them to get some rest and to unwind so they are refueled before the…
Tag: 21st century parenting
How To Be Intentional About Parenting In The 21st Century
I was at a symposium recently and as usual, when the speaker was done he gave room for the audience to ask questions. A well dressed young man in the front seat with a nice hair cut looking all dapper was the first to put up his hand. Wow! I was impressed. Until I saw…
Pictures From The LagosMums 4th Annual Parenting Conference and Exhibition 2017
LagosMums held the 4th Annual Parenting Conference and Exhibition on Saturday, October 14th at the Eko Hotel Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was themed “Parents Winning” and had over 1000 mums registered, 30 vendors, 30 speakers and 9-panel sessions on various topics. This year LagosMums offered mothers with young children a creche while the mums…
How Parents Can Maximize Parent-Teacher Conferences
Parent-teacher conferences stand out as one of the important avenues through which this relationship can be fostered and nurtured.
Top Five Apps Children Use And How To Protect Them
Children and teens are becoming more dependent on social media as a means of communication and entertainment. Very often, developers come up with new apps and include more features in already existing applications, making it difficult to really stay abreast of the world of social media. As parents, it is important to be aware…
Raising Children In Today’s World
As we may have all noticed in recent times, raising children can be very demanding. We have all sorts of outside forces, seen and unseen competing for the attention of parents and children alike. Little wonder that the generation before us look at us and openly announce that they would not want to be parents…