A shabby, unkempt person makes other wonder why they don’t befriend the mirror to save themselves from embarrassment. Well, this unkempt person could be your child if you don’t teach him grooming habits, as early as now. The amount of time spent teaching your child proper grooming will depend on several key things that includes…

Continued from Issue 36 The Final Chapter Tony proposes to me again at my mother’s house before his parents, my mum, our best friends. It is unbelievable! At the clinic the doctor introduced me to, I get tested again, and my CD4 count and viral load are done before I start the medication. Taking regular…

In the dead of the night, we wake up to a familiar yet very annoying buzzing sound. We pull our covers closer to ourselves in an effort to redeem ourselves from this state, and after a while, we drift off to sweet slumber, completely unaware of the covers we hold so tightly. Then, the unwelcome parasite…

There was this good friend (we’ll call her Angela) whose child’s father was overly reluctant to provide for maintenance-for the child that he sired. We were up in arms to tell her that she should approach the authorities and see to it that he meets his lawful responsibility-particularly considering he was living a lavish lifestyle as he…

Milk is probably the second best food for a baby after your breast milk. Most mothers look forward to the time they would introduce this to their children, out of fear that maybe their bundles of joy are not having enough from breastfeeding, or because they have to resume work after maternity leave is over.…

A wise parent understands that saving money in a bank for future use or for an unforeseeable emergency is a necessity. Saving for the baby not only shows that the parents care to dot their young one. but they are also thinking of their child’s survival, comfort and prestige in the future. A few years…

I am at that age when most of my peers are having their first baby. When the weekend comes and goes, the one thing that I can aptly account for is a visit to see these bundles of joy. I keep a catalog that I religiously cancel out who I have visited and plan for…

If there is a moment a child wails the loudest, it is when they have just had a fracture (breaking of a bone), which is characterised by immense pain, an unusual bend, swelling or inability to move a limb or joint. True to children’s playful and adventurers nature, they are exposed to possibilities of fractures,…