HOW TO BUILD YOUR CHILD'S SELF-ESTEEM

Nurturing your child's self-esteem may seem like a hefty responsibility. After all, a feeling of self-worth lays the foundation for your rug rat's future as he sets out to try new things on his own.
Self-esteem comes from having a sense of belonging, believing that we're capable, and knowing our contributions are valued and worthwhile.
As any parent knows, self-esteem is a fleeting experience. Sometimes we feel good about ourselves and sometimes we don't. What we're really trying to teach our kids are life skills like resiliency. Your child's mood must be able to bounce back no matter what.
Your goal as a parent is to ensure that your child develops pride and self-respect — in himself and in his cultural roots —

Confession of a bachelor

I asked her, "Don't you think you need a change, I mean a break from this relationship?"
"What do you mean?", she snarled. "Oh, you are double-dating....Look into my eyes and tell me you are not seeing someone else. After all we have been through together...." she ranted breathlessly and I regretted making that statement. This is it. Another episode of our arguments.
"I was wondering why I wasn't properly introduced as your fiance to that girl at the mall. You said you attended thesame university. Now, you are telling me we need a break. Is that my reward for staying with you at the hospital for a whole one week and I was going to have the toughest exams I ever had. I had to re-sit my human anatomy just because I slept off in the examination hall, Desmond."
I was about to say something when she clapped irritably and continued nagging. I folded my arms and sat defeated on my new leather sofa, so soft. I could call it home.
"You know I am the best student in my class, Desmond. Yet I had a re-sit. Okay, tell me, what have I done this time? You have been insensitive, did you even notice I had a stiff neck? No. I have been living like I have no one ever since we went to the mall together. Bless my soul, If I ever set my eyes on that husband snatcher, I will uproot her damn hair."
"Now, don't start cursing" I managed to say but she was racing with her words that I could never catch up. She swung her energetic arms around the throw pillow and squeezed gently. "You mean you want to leave me now after you got that big job and I exhausted myself trying to choose something nice for your apartment. Of course, Desmond, you are colour blind. If you doubt that, tell me if this is lilac or magenta.'

GRANDMA, DON’T GET CREATIVE WITH MY BABY’S FACE

Mr. & Mrs. Babatola just had a baby girl. It had been a long wait of four years and finally came a beautiful baby girl. She was such a special baby that at the hospital where she was born, a commissioner’s grand daughter was also born almost at the same time so she received many special gifts which came from friends and family of the other baby, who wanted to see a 3.8Kg baby girl that almost came at the reception if not for grace and by natural birth. Mr. Babatola just got promoted at work and as for Mrs. Babatola, her consignment just arrived the country. Apparently, she fell in love with the business of selling baby things when she started shopping for her babies (she was praying for twins) and she had made steps to start the business as soon as she put to bed. It was a good way to be productive since she quit her banking job. She was happy that at last, her goods were in the country and if not for her condition, she would visit the warehouse everyday just to see her dreams unfold.

PING! PING!! PING!!!

PING! PING!! PING!!!

This morning, a friend forwarded something to my bbm and I was like ‘wow’.  We have had issues like ‘don’t married people keep in touch with their friends?’, ‘why don’t you keep in touch?’ and so on. You know the normal things. The forwarded message titled ‘delete theory’ was all about people who you should delete from your bbm. The list was countless; proud friends, feeling too pretty/rich, you are always the first to ping, you added someone and he was like ‘how did you get my pin?’, the person hasn’t pinged for three weeks, the person’s only reply is LOL, she threatens to delete you,  you celebrate your birthday and no message at all, your friend is giving you rules, you have put the person’s pictures as DP several times but yours has never been on his own DP, your pings are showing R yet no reply. The list is countless. For most part of the message I laughed.