Back-to-School Expenses: Saving Tips for Nigerian Parents
It’s back-to-school season in Nigeria again! A time when you can almost hear the hustle and bustle of markets as parents rush to buy school supplies. Many Nigerian parents face the familiar pressure of back-to-school expenses, ranging from new uniforms and textbooks to transportation fees and extra lessons. Read more about Finance These costs […]
Back-to-School Checklist for Nigerian Parents
Dear Parents, it’s September. Your children will be going back to school for a new academic session. While I do not hope to scare you, I believe you should be used to the feelings that come with September. After the long break in August, it’s time to get back into the school routine, ensuring […]
Naija Voice: No Be By Who Carry First
When I dey small pikin, e get one day wey my teacher dem call my mama come school. Dem tell am say make she warn me, make I no collect food for anybody hand, even if na my best friend. My mama shock! When she ask dem why, dem come tell am say e get […]
Wisdom from the Social Media: Holidays and our Children
Holidays are here again and parents are running around like headless chickens looking for where to dump their children while they continue their life uninterrupted. But our holidaying children are not nuisances to be shipped off to just any convenient camp or group gathering so we can have peace while they are on holidays. There […]
The Nigerian Mother: A Lioness At Heart
Engraved in the nature of the African Amazon is her cultural heritage. If you followed the #YouKnowYourMumisNigerian, you would understand the inborn qualities of ‘ibati, ibarun, abara’ you received from her. However, there are some things you probably never took note of. The Nigerian Lioness displays the following characteristics: She is empowered: “Tiny is her […]
Complaining: Nigerian Parenting 101
Nigerian parents can complain sha. They are technically conditioned to highlight every trait they do not like in you so as to correct you. Unfortunately or fortunately, this correction doesn’t always come about in a normal conversation or advice to gently guide you to the right path. Lai lai, it is a shouting that can […]
The Typical Way Nigerian Parents Raise Kids
Growing up as a Nigerian child can be mentally challenging. Pardon me for generalising. Yes! I know Nigeria is enormous with over 250 ethnic groups and I cannot speak for everyone but I have found out that Nigerian children, no matter where they grow up, are raised in similar ways. I was in South London […]
What Every Nigerian Parent Should Know
I have been a student and then resident in the UK – and I live in Lagos now. The first thing that I discovered about UK-born, white, English undergraduates was that most of them did holiday or weekend job to support themselves – including the children of millionaires among them. It is the norm over there – […]