Raising the boy child in the modern era can feel like a major challenge. Evidence suggests that this is actually true. Young men are struggling behaviorally, academically and emotionally.This can largely be traced back to the “traditional” way boys have
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The Director-General of The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli has decried how parents miss spotting sexual abuse perpetrated against their children. She stated that observant neighbours, instead, have been the most instrumental with helping
A Lagos-based non-governmental organisation, Piece of My Heart Foundation has urged parents, educators and the government to ensure that male children are introduced to sex education early enough. Founder of PMOH, Adebimpe Adebari, said that it was erroneously believed that
Nigerian pastor, Kingsley Okonkwo, has joined the feminism movement conversation and he wants to establish that gender equality is not only impractical but it is also incompatible with a functional marital and family life. Starting off the conversation by saying
A Nigerian writer, Nate Nwajei is of the opinion that society sets really low standards for raising boys compared to girls. The implication, Nate explains is that as long as the society continues on that path where it excuses bad
Overconfidence in one’s own abilities despite clear evidence to the contrary is present and persistent in children as young as four, a new study by the Univeristy of Sussex Business School has revealed. Results of the study which was published
The development of empathy in toddlers is important for children’s later social development in children – greater empathy in toddlerhood is linked to later popularity, friendship quality and social competence. A new study helps us understand the role that mothers
A medical doctor, Afolabi Odunsi, has given reasons why boys do better in mathematics and sciences than their girl counterparts and he believes the scale can be balanced with the effort of teachers. Odunsi, who was the guest speaker at
Life coach, Solomon Buchi has reached out to parents in a new post he shared via his Twitter account. Buchi in his post sought to help parents raise children who will grow into balanced adults, irrespective of their gender. According
Ironing, sewing, and cooking are basic tasks that most people learn at home. But it’s totally different when a school offers it as an additional class, so that the students, particularly boys, build values in regards to gender equality and
A very small group of boys grow up to become involved in persistent antisocial behavior and violent offending. Research has confirmed that there are reliable predictors of antisocial behavior in boys as early as the age of two or three.
Let’s face it, raising a boy is a little different from raising a girl. Most times, mums know exactly how to parent their girl child, but find out they need a little more than just the authority of being the
The debate around whether boys are being raised with as much moral consciousness as their girl counterparts and the effect of the lopsided training has consistently being brought to fore in recent times. Celebrity mum, Sonia Ogbonna whose only child
A Nigerian man on Twitter has charged his fellow men to engage their mothers in discussions, instead of assuming that they were happy despite having lived quietly through much denial. Nigerian Twitter is where it all goes down when it
A Nigerian man who goes by the name @Akingbola_Ojo on Twitter, took to the platform to disclose how boys suffer more sexual molestation than girls. Akingbola’s claim came after he sat for a neighborhood gist, about a 12-year-old girl who moved in with
Children are blessings, little droplets of heaven some might say. That is true, without a shadow of a doubt. When a woman is blessed with 3, 4, 5, boys. She’s an amazon, because she is living in a world of
