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Let’s hope baby Eric doesn’t turn Simon Cowell into a…
A few days ago, an almost sacred hush fell over the land. The cattle started bowing their heads in reverence. Men…
Firstborns in the home
Adebola thought she knew her son, Tobilola, so well. As the first child in the family, he lacked nothing. He was…
Parents’ role in ‘trimmed’ marriages
Perhaps more than anything else, culture plays a prominent role in any society. This is probably due to its…
The high cost of ignorance
About a year ago, I read some inspiring stories from mothers with special needs children, specifically autistic…
I knew my parents were going to kill themselves
For more than two decades, Tai Altman knew exactly how his parents’ lives would end. When the moment came to say…
Between parents and their children’s schools
Abiodun Adelaja’s daughter, Seun, attends one of the highbrow schools on Harold Sodipo Crescent at Ikeja GRA,…
Children of the occupation: growing up in Palestine
The rough track is an unmarked turning across a primeval landscape of rock and sand under a vast cobalt sky. Our…
Peter Andre: My family values
Dad was very, very, very strict. We had the sort of fear for Dad that you have of God. It’s a respect fear. You…
My children became my greatest teachers
Roman Krznaric
I have almost no memories before the age of 10, when my mother died of breast cancer. Blanking out…
Extended families: The joy, the constraint
As a mid-career lady, Romoke vowed not to allow extended family to interfere or stay close to her nuclear family…
Trisha Goddard: My family values
The TV presenter talks about the influence of the man she knew as her father, then finding out he wasn’t, and the…
Great dynasties of the world: The Jacksons
They are, according to Rolling Stone magazine, “America’s black royal family”. But, unlike most royal families,…