January 2020 – Wendy Ologe | The Intentional Parent

Published On - January 29, 2020

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TALKING TO YOUR CHILD IS NOT ENOUGH

TALKING TO YOUR CHILD IS NOT ENOUGH “I hit or flog my child because I can’t just talk, it’s not enough! “, A parent sent me this recently . While I agree that you can’t just talk, however, that is not the reason you you are a cane-wielding parent. , it’s simply be...

Published On - January 22, 2020

WendyTags: advantages of sex education, comprehensive sex education, importance of sex education in secondary schools, lack of sex education in schools, sex education, sex education in public schools, sexual abuse, teaching boys sex education

THE SEX CONVERSATIONS

Sometime in June 2019 I was invited to have a session with the teen's session of a church in Kano, one thing was very profound about the visit for me. The fact that these children were more comfortable talking to me a "total stranger " than their folks. In a space of 2 hours, many of them shared th...

Published On - January 15, 2020

WendyTags: childrens story about making mistakes, how to make a child realise his mistake, how to teach a child that mistakes are okay, how to teach kids its okay to make mistakes, let your child make mistakes, teaching kids how to make mistakes, teaching kids that mistakes are okay, teaching kids to own their mistakes

HOW TO HANDLE A CHILD’S MISTAKES

Many of our interventions as regards problem behaviors in our children are usually unproductive because we lack the skill and knowledge on how to respond! My niece who spent the Christmas holidays with us, mistakenly broke a mirror in the boys room and was crying profusely . I overheard my childre...

Published On - January 10, 2020

WendyTags: how to build your childs self esteem

ARE YOU PUNISHING YOUR CHILD FOR BEING A CHILD?

ARE YOU PUNISHING YOUR CHILD FOR BEING A CHILD? One of the biggest challenges of parenting is Communication…and emotions control is a key player in this. To get this right, you must work on your emotions deliberately, it’s not just a prayer point, it about knowledge. A few days ago, a pa...

Published On - January 10, 2020

WendyTags: flogging, positive discipline, strategies to make your discipline work

HOW TO HANDLE MISBEHAVIOR AFTER SERIES OF “FLOGGING AND YELLING”

Unfortunately, many times as parents we are more interested in our "Ego" than the challenges a child is actually going through. This is why when a child presents a challenge in the name of misbehavior the first thing we think of is "Why are do you want to disgrace me", "Do you know the family you co...

Published On - January 1, 2020

WendyTags: 2020 goals, 2020 rules, parentcoach, parenting articles 2020, parenting goals

NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO ALL PARENTS

As parents, we are called to greater responsibility to raise gods! The Bible was specific, in saying that we are "gods". The question we should constantly ask ourselves is ; Do we know what it takes to raise others? Do we have the right skills to build these children to become the gods they are c...