GIVE THE SWEETS BUT SHOW THE SWEAT ‘ Femi Adekunle on Parenting I have discovered that children will grow roots in the soil on which they have been planted. In other words, their mindset will evolve within the space of their nurture and exposure. If they have been exposed to too much poverty, they will…
CONTINUOUS DETOXIFICATION AND RECALIBRATION, A MUST ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Years ago when my daughter was a toddler, we enrolled her in a kindergarten school. One day she came home and asked ‘mummy, is it el-u, em-u, en-u’? At first it was a puzzle to us and she struggled to explain what her class teacher…
BE IN ONE ANOTHER’S WORLDS ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Quite often we are too obsessed with the pessimistic side of life that we stifle the atmosphere for excitement in the home. The home is a theatre of activities where the interests of the parents and their children will, from time to time clash. This may…
RESULTS ARE NOT SUPERIOR TO EFFORTS ‘ Femi Adekunle on Parenting It was vacation and I went to pick my children from their school hostel. The students were excitedly savouring the end-of-term ecstasy and looking forward to going home to be with their parents and siblings. I watched as they ran up and down at…
A NEW GENERATION INDEED – MY UNIABUJA EXPERIENCE Femi Adekunle on Parenting I recently got an invite from some of my mentees in the University of Abuja to speak at an event they were organising. I was impressed and excited because these are young men who have caught the spirit of leadership even from campus….
LISTEN ‘ Femi Adekunle on Parenting This sounds so ordinary and simple I had to resist the urge to change the title. “Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff…
HYPE AND HOOPLA: THE FALLACY OF SUPER KIDS ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting My wife showed me a post she watched on social media of a ‘super kid’, not more than 3 or 4 years old, who did amazing things while being recorded. She (the kid) was smart, funny, agile, witty and clever all at once….
BETWEEN BOOK WISDOM AND STREET WISDOM ‘ Femi Adekunle on Parenting Following my last article in Ebony Herald International Magazine, someone reached out to me to seek clarifications. In his words, “I enjoy your articles, thanks so much, and in your last article, may I ask that you further clarify your take on book wisdom…
PARENTING BY HOVERING: THE NEW NORMAL? ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting Recently, I was in a private university in the city to check in the son of a family friend who had just gained admission. Right from when he was in primary school, I adored him so much I was happy to be part of his…
NEVER THERE BEEN A SUPER PARENT; YOU WON’T EVER BE ONE ‘Femi Adekunle on Parenting I have read and heard a lot of things about being a super parent – super mum, super dad, super wife, etc. I have struggled to understand the concept and in fact accept the fact that it is not a…
