Face your lane: Part 3

Now fast forward to our first day in school… I was intimidated while my daughter was happy… I was comparing while my daughter was thankful… I was beginning to have ideas on how we (as a family) could measure up with the “high standards” I had just observed, as I walked …

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Face your lane: Part 2

…as I walked my girl to class with shaky legs that weren’t visible. Lonimi, my 6 year old daughter was about to start year 1 in this new school. She had been the best all through her playgroup and nursery sessions in her previous school. Notwithstanding, I wanted her to …

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Face your lane: Part 1

She was looking so neat, cute and super intelligent as she communicated with her friends The car that dropped her off the school gate was the latest model of its make and brand. Someone accompanied her, and I guessed she was her mother She was elegantly dressed and her make-up …

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Mum4real Talk Show – Introduction

Week 1 Good day listeners/viewers, I am Oluwaseyi  Fadairo  the creative director for mum4real. On this talk show, our aim is to discuss the challenges we face as parents and how we can overcome these challenges. Today, I will introduce the topic and subsequently, we will be dealing with the …

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What do I do when I behave like a child?

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 …

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5 Lies we believe as Parents

1. I have the right to dictate our children’s future: we don’t have any right/capacity to choose for our children however we can plant seeds and nurture deep in them so that they will be rooted in Truth. Knowing the TRUTH empowers them to make the BEST decision. 2. I …

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