Monthly Archives: August 2016

HOW TO APOLOGIZE TO YOUR CHILD

Have you ever been mean to your child? Have you ever lost your temper or done something that you weren’t proud of, only to see them watching you? How did you handle it? Kids need to see that their parents are human. They need to realize that we make mistakes, too. They also need to see how we handle those mistakes. If we never humble ourselves or …

A BABY GIRL PREGNANT WITH PARASITIC TWIN

A toddler whose stomach was so bloated she could not eat or drink was found to be carrying her unborn twin. Doctors were astonished to find the 7lb 11oz (3.5kg) mass of bone, flesh and hair inside the girl’s abdomen. The parasite had been feeding off Nisha, after forming an umbilical cord-like structure that leached its twin’s blood supply. She …

66 Positive Things You Should Be Saying to Your Child

  In a world where saying “no” is usually a lot easier than saying “yes,” it is important to bring up children who don’t feel that negativity has a higher value than positivity. Encouraging words can have a truly lasting effect on your kiddo years and years after you’ve said them, so we should choose to use phrases …

RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN CURB CHILD MARRIAGE

To the Parliament Enact legislation which: sets the minimum age for marriage at 18 in accordance with the definition of a child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; makes those who perform, register, or assist in child marriages liable to criminal prosecution, and establishes fines for the failure to register marriages; establishes the principle …