Category Archives: CHILD UPBRINGING

RAISING BABIES INSIDE PRISONS

BY ’TUNDE THOMAS, CHIOMA IGBOKWE AND PHILIP OJO How female inmates get pregnant in prison ■ Their deliveries ■ How kids live with their mothers inside cells   Until that Saturday in January last year, Femi Adewuyi didn’t believe the story he had earlier been told of how pregnant women and nursing mothers live inside Nigerian pris­ons. …

Father refuses to give up baby with Down syndrome

When he discovered his newborn son had Down syndrome, a New Zealand man living in Armenia was horrified not by the condition, but by the assumption that he wouldn’t want to keep little Leo. When the boy was born, “the doctor came out, he said, ‘There’s a real problem with your son,'” Samuel Forrest tells ABC. “They …

A DAY IN THE LIVES OF KID SCAVENGERS

Aminu and Adomu BY ARUKAINO UMUKORO Bashir Mohammed is not your run-of-the-mill 12-year-old. He is small for his age. He walks several kilometres daily with a sack slung over his frail shoulders rummaging through piles of refuse and rubbish looking for anything that can be resold; aluminium, copper wires, iron filings, old vehicle spare parts, plastic …

OMOTOLA SHARES HER STORY WITH PUPILS

“Starting a career as a young girl of 16, all I wanted was to help my widowed mother provide for our young family. I stumbled on the opportunity to model freely, and by fate, I was invited to a movie casting. Who knew as frightened and vulnerable as I was then, that I was starting the journey of my destiny?” These were the words of celebrated actress, …

I HATE TO SEE CHILDREN SUFFERING — Ozzy Bosco

By Ngozi Emedolibe He is a child with the ideas of an adult. That is how best to describe this kid music star, who started out two years ago on the stage of the seventh edition of Kids Got Talent, a reality TV show. Before he could get a head-start in school, it was already clear to his mother, Nonye Mojekwu-Chukwujama, that her son belonged to music. …

DIVORCE – AN EVIL WIND THAT BLOWS NO ONE NO GOOD

Written by Iyore Enadeghe So many persons think of divorce as a panacea for every marital ill, only to find out when they tried it, that this remedy is worse than the disease. Divorce in any circumstance, rips a child apart, tossing him/her from one house to another, limiting time spent with his/her parents, and confusing him/her. There are very few …

7-year-old Boy Drives Drunk Dad Home On A Busy Road In China

A seven-year-old boy drove his drunk father home on a tricycle through the busy streets of a Chinese city. Pictures of the small child, who appeared to be wearing slippers, show him weaving through traffic with his dad passed out in the back of the trike. The incident took place in Yizhou city, in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, earlier …

Parents urged to always teach their children about security

Assistant Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) in the FCT, Mr. Elija Yisa, has urged parents and guardians to always teach their children about security to promote awareness early in life. Yisa gave the advice in Bwari in an address to participants at a one-day interactive session on safety tips on security operations organised by NOA for residents …

Top Brain Foods For Children

A healthy, balanced diet is not just good for kid’s bodies, it’s good for their brains, too. The right foods can improve brain function, memory, and concentration. Like the body, the brain absorbs nutrients from the foods we eat, and these 10 “superfoods” on the following slides can help children boost their brainpower. Fatty fish, such as salmon, …