#AmISayingTheTruth?

I know you have read a lot about ‘purpose driven’. In fact, when the topic came up as I was about to write, I shoved it aside. Purpose driven again?! That was my exact reaction. However, I had a deep thought and continued. Children are like raw materials. Their end …

One of the things we do as intentional parents is to intentionally guide our children to be the best. We are always ready to correct Always present to spoon-feed At the available call to provide solutions Can we LEAVE them alone? Can we leave and watch them fall so they …

I have nothing to hide anymore My children can write a full book about me with their eyes closed We have been home together more often than before (no thanks to the present situation) I scream We laugh I shout We play I talk We negotiate I give the rules …

Day 1: Disobedient Have you given your child instructions (in the past or now) in the language you think he or she understands and it seems as if you were speaking foreign language. He is either looking at you like ‘what is this woman/man saying?’or she just continues with what …

I often scream at my children for my own selfish reason? In my mind, when I happen to spank my son, I say to my self ‘God forbid people see my own child behaving in this manner’ Not that he has done something worthy of a jail term (lol), however, …

It was their “My Country of Adoption” day in school and my son represented the Egyptian. We researched and practiced together and we were both on top of the script. Event time was communicated and atlas, I  had fixed an appointment for that same time. I was a bit confused, …

I like to describe parenting as a journey which leads to different destinations for different people. Therefore in basic terms, parenting involves raising a child to be the best of him /herself and be a positive contributing member of the society. The type of strategy or method adopted is crucial …

The illustration in the Bible that says, ‘salt  is useless and will be trampled on when it loses it taste’ is not only applicable to that whitish cooking item. As parents, with time, the table will turn and the children we are taking care of today will be in charge …

Mum: Semilore, I am enrolling you into a music school, I need you to take advantage of it. Semilore: No mum, I am fine without music for now. I can’t even master the art of playing a recorder let alone other complicated instruments. Music will take the whole of my …