Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

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 …

The male child syndrome at its worst

While every parent-to-be wants a happy, healthy baby, many cannot deny that they have a sex preference. Dealing with it is another matter entirely. In Nigeria today,many have come to believe that once a woman has not delivered a baby boy, she is yet to make an impact in the family. So is the plight of many women who are yet to have male children for …

Newborn Weight Loss – 6 Things You Need To Know

It’s normal for babies to lose weight after birth. Conflicting opinions exist, however, with regards to up to what percentage of weight loss is normal and about when supplementation may be necessary. Here are 6 things you need to know about newborn weight loss and what is ‘normal’: #1: It’s Important Not To Compare Apples With Oranges When determining …

Homeless children overrun Calabar streets

They call them ‘Skolombo boys’, which literally means, a dangerous and mindless gang constituted by destitute or street boys and girls that roam the streets freely. They are without father or mother and homes. These gangs of homeless street children, comprising mainly of teenagers, were obviously abandoned to fend for themselves by their unknown …

10-Month-Old Baby Girl Weighs As Five-Year-Old

Juanita Valentina Hernandez weighed just 3kg when she was born, but weeks later she started rapidly gaining weight with no apparent reason. Now the girl weights 20kg and is undergoing mediсal tests to determine the cause of her condition. Juanita’s mother, Sandra Franco, said “When she was 15 days old she was already looking chubby, because she …

HOW A FAMILY LIVES INSIDE KEKE MARWA

Little Mercy is barely a month old and her mother, Miss Blessing Jaree is confused on how or where she will be raised. That confusion landed them at the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation De­partment, Panti where Mercy’s grandfather, Alfred Jaree is insisting that the baby had been sold. Also dragged before the police were Mercy’s father, …