Author Archives: Positive Parenting with Olu

If you’re a mother of a teenage boy you need to hear this.  Your child loves you.  I know that’s the question you keep asking yourself. Because for so many days he walks through that door with a frown in his face and just locks himself in his room.  You look up and smile atContinue reading “Teenage sons loves their mom dearly”

In their tween and teenage years, girls become less self-confident —a feeling that often lasts through adulthood. And they are well aware that they’re judged by their looks… and almost all of them think they come off short.  In my research I found that the time that girls experience decline in self- confidence is theContinue reading “HOW TO STOP PUBERTY FROM RUINING YOUR TWEEN AND TEENAGE GIRL’S SELF- CONFIDENCE”

Will you please spend some time with me? I know, I know. She’s always on her phone, or in her room, or with her friends, right?  And when you try to go into her room to talk to her, she acts like you’re intruding and sends you away. Sound familiar? The reasons why they pretendContinue reading “Dear moms, here are the questions your daughters really want to ask you”

Hello moms, a few days ago I shared some of the questions your daughters really want to know.  Do you like me? That also seems like such a laughable question, but you’d be amazed at how many girls tell me they truly believe their mom doesn’t enjoy their company.  As parents who are trying toContinue reading “DEAR MOM, CONNECT WITH YOUR TEENS (Day 2)”

I’m passionate about working with children, I enjoyed working with them and I love them and sometimes some of them are misunderstood. No child is born bad!  Today,  I’m going to share some of the questions your daughters want answers to …  Pre-teens and Teenage girls feel vulnerable, scared and at times unlovable. I knowContinue reading “3 Questions your Teenage Daughter Wants to Ask You”

Dear parents, do you have a son between the age 10 and 15?  Have you noticed that the clothes that you got a few weeks ago don’t fit? Are they concerned about how they look? Do you notice that they’re always angry? They’re probably going through puberty.  Dear parents, It’s good to know about theContinue reading “BOYS AND THEIR BODY”

DO YOU HAVE A 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER?  If you have a 10 year old daughter and you haven’t spoken to them about their first periods yet.  Then today’s post is for you. Today I’m going to talk about supporting your daughter with their first period.  It’s important to talk to your daughters before theyContinue reading “TALKING TO YOUR DAUGHTER ABOUT PERIOD!”

TALKING ABOUT PUBERTY  Talking about puberty can be so awkward!  What do you say?  Where do you start?  How do you get your tween or teen to open up? These are some of the questions I get asked by parents.  I’ve had students come up to me after class and said, “Ms Olu, I’ve gotContinue reading

So I have come to the end of my first year of studying a degree course  in child psychology at the Open university. I also met my deadline this time,  and I’m so proud of myself 🙌🙌🙌 And yes,  it’s a year already 😆  My final paper was on Adolescence.  So, in this month ofContinue reading “Adolescence (Storm and Stress)”

HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR CHILDREN’S LEARNING STYLES (Part 5)  Today’s post is our last post on this topic, if you’re new here you may want to go on my timeline to read my previous post on today’s topic.  So today we are going to talk about how a Kinesthetic or Hand on learner learns usingContinue reading “KINAESTHETIC OR HANDS ON LEARNER”