Author Archives: Positive Parenting with Olu

Happy Tuesday to all my fellow parents. Since the new school year starts in a week’s time, I thought I should share some ways you can support your child at home  so they can do well at school. I’m sure that’s what every parent wants for their children.  1. The first thing I will suggestContinue reading “5 WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME SO THEY CAN DO WELL AT SCHOOL”

Why boys don’t like reading! Boys don’t read as much as girls and that’s a fact. This reading gender gap is affecting boys’ performance in school. (I will talk more on why boys don’t like reading in my subsequent post) But in this post I’m only going to share some tips on how to getContinue reading “WHY BOYS DON’T LIKE READING (part 1)”

Here are some of the things that I have learnt in the period of raising my youngest son

School is out for summer but there might still be something for your children to learn. There are a lot of fun things to learn during the summer and lots of great ways to maintain studying during the summer holidays. So here are some examples of fun things to do with them at home duringContinue reading “5 FUN WAYS TO MAINTAIN LEARNING WITH KIDS DURING SUMMER HOLIDAY.”

Now that children are home for summer holiday and we are all cooped together as a family at home. I thought I should share some tips about how to get your child to listen and the strategies you can use daily, to avoid power struggle.   As a parent, it can be really frustrating when yourContinue reading “4 tips to help your child listen better”

Many of the parents that I talked to have good heart , they just want their children to be happy and they just want their children to like them and respect them. However, many of us are going about it the wrong way. Some parents make the mistake of thinking that if you let aContinue reading “TEACHING KIDS/TEENS TO BE AN HONORABLE PERSON”

Parenting is hard work especially if you have more than one child. How do you love all of children the same way? How do you plan for each one of them individually in terms of their needs? We can’t do all of these by ourselves without some kind of help! So that’s why I haveContinue reading “FREE PARENTING WORKSHOP”

Last week I wrote about saying no to yelling and smacking kids. I also explain this method is not the best way of discpling children because we are indirectly teaching them that it’s ok to yell and hit other people when they’re upset or don’t get their way. Because remember children are copycats. (They copyContinue reading “SAY NO TO YELLING AND SMACKING (Part 2)”

Let’s talk about Menopause. I know it’s not a popular topic but it’s a natural process that women go through. And at the moment yours truly is going through it. And let me tell you it’s not pleasant! So today I would like to share some tips on how to deal with hot flashes. Menopause,Continue reading “Let’s talk about Menopause!”

Says who?🤔🙄 Happy Tuesday beautiful people ♥️🤗🤗 ARE DOLLS ONLY FOR GIRLS? ❓ I know today’s post may not get lots of likes, because of what I’m about to share. (I don’t mind really, as long as one parent gets it)  I laugh when parents stop their little boy from playing with a dolly, becauseContinue reading “DOLLS ARE FOR GIRLS – CARS ARE FOR BOYS”