Wendy Ologe | The Intentional Parent

Helping parents raise excellent children

TEACH BY SHARING YOUR FAILURE

Many years ago when my daughter was about 5, she picked up lying as a habit. We are so conscious at home that we avoid telling lies. But it happened that at the said time, we had many people in our home. We tried to to make her stop but to no avail. So I […]...
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HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT CORONA VIRUS

Some days ago I got a call from my almost 10 years old sharing about an experience she had in school. Apparently, her mates had threatened her with having the Corona Virus and she didn’t know how to react to it. This got me thinking, I have not talked to my children about this latest […...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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