Parenting - SD Nuggets™

PII 121: We Need Schooling Systems That Empower Learners to Maximize Their Potentials in Every Possible Way

June 11, 2018

This is the first of what will be a series I will be publishing on the theme of Best Practice Parenting. with a focus specifically on education as it relates to schooling - and why there is a massive difference between those 2 expressions. In other words, I'm saying that there is a massive difference between what people […]

Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)

[DVAM] The 3 Types Of Nagging That DESTROY Your Marriage

June 8, 2018

Expert author, Carin Goldstein MFT of YourTango dot com discusses 3 ways in which a woman can - unintentionally - use nagging to destroy her marriage. [DVAM] The 3 Types Of Nagging That DESTROY Your Marriage If nothing or no one is ever good enough for you, consider the common denominator. "You actually call this making the bed?! […]

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Making Custom Ankara Footwear by Restoring Old, Discarded Ones - TemiAndOluoma.com

June 6, 2018

Making Custom Ankara Footwear by Restoring Old, Discarded Ones In this post we share photos of our first attempts at making various kinds of simple custom footwear. Today, Temi and Oluoma’s older brother, Emeka whose natural talent for making handicrafts was discovered early, is apprenticing in a custom shoe making outfit, and is already able […]

Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)

[DVAM] Top 10 Things Women Do To Destroy Their Marriage

June 5, 2018

In the article previewed/linked below (based on my Facebook page's theme of Domestic Violence Against Men - DVAM), Deborah Demander of pairedlife dot com shares 10 powerful insights about how (some) women inadvertently destroy their marriages with their own hands. Top 10 Things Women Do To Destroy Their Marriage Wives bear as much responsibility as husbands. […]

Career Development

PII 120: Life's Got You Down? READ THIS!

June 4, 2018

When things are not going well it can be hard to stay positive and motivated. No one wants to experience delays, disappointments, setbacks or failure in any form, for any length of time. But the reality of life is that we WILL sometimes have to face them to grow, and mature to our fullest potentials. Whether […]

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[MUST READ] Sexual predators as academics in Nigeria

June 4, 2018

So, these are the universities the state expects parents to CONTINUE sending their wards/kids to? Read this damning report published by BusinessDay newspaper, which features excerpts from a pilot ICPC/NUC University System Study and Review (USSR) of corruption. ==== Sexual predators as academics in Nigeria Last week, a voice recording allegedly suggesting that a […]

Career Development

[EVENT] How to Make Drinks You CAN SELL from Peels of Pineapples – In Ogun State on Sat. 14th April 2018!

April 11, 2018

[Photo Below]: Image flyer version of THIS post announcing the event titled "How to Make Drinks You CAN SELL from Peels of Pineapples" that my 2 daughters (12 and 9 years old) - supported by me - will be facilitating in Ogun State on Sat. 14th April 2018!" Date: 14th April 2018 | Time: From […]

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PII 112: A Well Schooled Person May NOT Necessarily be Well Educated [Excerpt from Tayo Solagbade's "Schooling is a Means to an End and NOT an End in Itself" - Includes Excerpts from Tayo's Letter to Lagos State Deputy Governor]

April 2, 2018

Below: Photo of my Letter to Lagos State Deputy Governor titled "Re: Schooling System: Meeting with Ministry of Youth and Social Development (MYSD) on Thurs 15th Mar 2018" Last Friday (23rd March 2018), like I hinted I would, in the blog I posted about the invitation I got to the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, I submitted […]

Career Development

TRUE STORY: An Invitation from The Ministry of Youth and Social Development to Discuss My Paper Titled "Schooling Is a Means to an End and NOT an End In Itself"

March 16, 2018

Two 2 days ago (on Wednesday 14th March 2018) I got a call from the Ministry of Youth and Social Development. The lady asked "Is this Mr. Tayo Solagbade?". I replied that it was. She then went on to say they had received and read a cover letter and the 62 page version of my […]

Career Development

[RECOMMENDED] How Schools Are Killing Creativity - by Line Dalile, 14-year-old student and writer @ huffingtonpost dot com

February 28, 2018

This 14 year old lady hit the nail right on its head with this piece about how conventional schools are killing creativity. Every parent should read her article shared here to understand why YOU need to take action to CHANGE the traditional schooling that you're letting your kids gets exposed to. It WILL DO THEM […]