By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan “If I tell mummy, she would blame me for everything”. “Do you know what i have told you, my parents do not know”? “Ha, I can’t open up to my parents oo they will kill me”? “I prefer to talk to my friends, my parents have no Continue Reading
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By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan We are now in the age and times when we may really need to unmask the truth of whose responsibility is the child, Government, Society or Parents. Today, some parents blame the teacher for every one of their children’s failures. Society also shares part of it and the government is not exempted. […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan While in the midst of some ophthalmologists who came on medical outreach to Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria, some time ago, a young, dark in complexion beautiful girl was brought before the medical team. The girl in her teens, appeared calm and promising but was assisted because she had a visual impairment. While […]Continue Reading
Olaitan Oye-Adeitan in this piece writes on indulgence as a breeding ground for incorrigibility among children. Perhaps, we should ask, how did we get to this point? How did all these begin, that a child will have the effrontry to frame up a teacher just because the teacher scolded him for a misbehaviour in school? The child […]Continue Reading
…Must Read For Every Parent By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan “Dear Mum, it’s with a heavy heart that I’m writing this note, knowing the pain it is going to cause you. Mum, I want you to know that I love you dearly and if given the opportunity to live again, I will still choose you as mum […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Gbenga and Wura(Pseudo names) are siblings.However, for about ten years, their relationship was estranged due to hostilities stemming from their parents’ favouring Wura over Gbenga who is the elder brother. They both lived in the same house, yet they weren’t greeting each other.Gbenga exhibited so much hatred for Wura,while Wura Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan “Holiday is coming, Holiday is coming, No more clanging bells, No more teachers’ cain. Good bye teacher, Good bye scholars, We are going on, a jolly holiday”. Sure, you remember this old school song often rendered whenever holiday was approaching. Though some schools are already on vacation, I’m very sure that is Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Back then as a student in the school, we all looked forward to high scores in our examinations and so does our parents. A child with very good grades was celebrated and almost seen as the toast of his parents. So we all struggled, to get good grades and receive the applause […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Has the girl child now become nothing other than an object to be shredded rather than treasured,valued and nurtured? This question is borne out of the fact that hardly would a day pass without reports of sexual harassment in the form of rape or defilement as the case may be. On a […]Continue Reading
“Don’t prepare the road for your children, prepare your children for the road.” Unknown Saw this quote somewhere and it brings to mind something that has been giving me a little bit of worry about the next generation, and by that I mean most children aged 10 years and under. I’ve noticed that a lot […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan Sometimes ago at a conference on ‘Mother Tongue’, held in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, a language scholar expressed displeasure at a statement he once heard from someone to a child, and the statement was, “If you speak Yoruba, you will go to hell”. One can easily conclude the kind of picture the […]Continue Reading
Tony is a brilliant and handsome little boy of about six years old. He is dark in complexion and very skinny. His brilliance radiates among his peers in class. However, whenever he does anything wrong, his teacher is always fast to call him,“ You this tiny mosquito, black like charcoal”. This is usually accompanied by […]Continue Reading
It is six months since the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, commenced strike following an impasse with Federal Government over unfulfilled agreements.Consequently, students have borne the brunt of the imbroglio, being out of the academic environment trying to cope with the recurring decimal. For some, it is not a new experience, as they had […]Continue Reading
Ignorantly, most parents in present-day society, handle their children in ways that could make them completely dependent on them such that the children would find it difficult to do things or take decisions on their own when they are capable of doing things for themselves. Attitude That Makes Children Over Dependent 1. You cook their […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan That parenting is a huge task today, especially with emerging trends in modern society, is undeniable. Is it the unbecoming attitude of many young people or prevailing social vices manifesting in different and unsuspecting forms? Gone were the days when misbehaviour was only found among adolescents and youths because at that stage […]Continue Reading
By Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (Wife of Ondo State Governor) Your 3-year-old son gets angry whenever you give him a food he doesn’t want and throws it on you, you laugh and say “ children ehh”. Baby boy will lift his hands and slap you when he wants you to drop him… All you’d say is “you’re […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan With the understanding given last week that, “Parenting is a divine assignment”, comes along with it the question; “Do you know your child or that child in your custody?” Knowing your child is seeing him/her beyond the surface which basically shows resemblance, complexion, height, stature, looks and the likes. It talks about […]Continue Reading
By Olaitan Oye-Adeitan More often than not, many parents, guardians, caregivers, teachers and society do not see the child/children in their custody as a special assignment given to them by God. To many couples, being blessed with the fruit of the womb is considered a common thing that should happen in marriage. No doubt children […]Continue Reading