Author Archives: Positive Parenting with Olu

FREE COMPUTER CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND THE ELDERLY IS FREE face-to-face learning for beginners, helping you develop digital skills to make the most of the online world. The internet can save you time and money, and allow you to do more of the things you like doing best. If you have any questions or ifContinue reading “Do you want to improve your digital skills?”

Happy Tuesday parents, I trust you are all well. 😊❤️ As parents, we want our children to listen to us, show us respect, and follow our rules.  However, for children to feel willing to listen to us, they need to feel a strong connection with us first.  When your child is behaving in challenging ways,Continue reading “CONNECT BEFORE YOU CORRECT YOUR CHILD”

Where I work there is a high population of senior citizens. In a week, one or two elderly people will walk into our learning centre and ask me to help them do one thing or the other on their phones. I have also noticed some of them at the library struggling with their mobile devices. Continue reading “FREE COMPUTER CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS”

This is difficult to answer as all children are different. In my previous post, I suggested rewards, identifying learning styles and offering assistance. Today I’m going to use my son as an example to illustrate my point.  My son, while a good kid, was a lousy student! (Please don’t tell him o 😆)  I wouldContinue reading “HOW DO I MOTIVATE MY TEENAGE SON OR DAUGHTER TO STUDY?”

Today’s post is not for everybody 😊  However it’s an important topic, because as parents our response to our children’s behavior will have a long term effect on them. When it comes to correcting your child’s misbehavior, there’s a big difference between punishment and discipline. While punishment focuses on making a child suffer for breakingContinue reading “Punishments VS Discipline (What is the difference between punishment and discipline?)”

Human beings are social animals, and it’s no surprise that we tend to do better when we have the capacity to connect with others. Research shows when older people are exposed to online social media, they engaged more in social activity, had a stronger sense of personal identity and showed improved cognitive capacity, compared withContinue reading “THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING OLDER PEOPLE HOW TO USE A COMPUTER 💻”

Every child is different and unique in their own way. So let’s try to be more gentle with the ‘slow ones’. The child that takes time to play with other people, the sensitive ones that loves to observes first in a new environment before she feels comfortable. They’re going to be fine, they just wantContinue reading “YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE FINE ❤️”

THE GOOD DINOSAUR 🦕 (A story about courage and Family) Every child is different and unique. I’m sure you already know this if you have more than one child. Please let’s not compare them to each other. Love them as they are! Last week I watched an animated movie about dinosaurs with my son. –Continue reading “THE GOOD DINOSAUR 🦖”

Are you an adult and do you want to learn new skills this new year?  We are starting new computer classes for adults at our centre  every Tuesday.  It’s free for everyone.  If you’re looking for a way to improve your computer skills, then join us every Tuesdays at our centre. Do not say IContinue reading “Free computer classes for adults”

Happy Tuesday to all my amazing parents. Every Tuesday I love sharing positive parenting tips with you guys on this platform and on my blog to help you with your parenting journey. I have been doing this for more than 4 years now.  Most of what I share is from my own experience as aContinue reading “MY PARENTING JOURNEY”