Parenting - SD Nuggets™

PII 070: Will Your Child's Certificates and Degrees be Enough to Succeed in Life?

June 12, 2017

FACT: To give their kids the best chance of success in life, many parents today spend hefty sums to send them to the best schools – sometimes abroad. Sadly, many such kids eventually graduate and have to struggle, alongside less qualified others, to find good employment – or ending up underemployed! Read also(*Added on 23rd […]

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[RECOMMENDED] Tackling the Rise of Fake Qualifications in Nigeria By Linus Unah on June 6, 2017

June 10, 2017

The truths stated in THIS report is why I INSIST on empowering my kids with real world relevant income earning VOCATIONAL SKILLS as a MAJOR priority - a strategy I advocate for adoption by other parents. Tackling the Rise of Fake Qualifications in Nigeria By Linus Unah on June 6, 2017 The disease of forging education […]

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[RECOMMENDED] “You will never find white people wearing our hair” says Marah Louw, Former South African actress and singer

June 8, 2017

On Aug 1, 2014, I wrote my article titled: “Bleaching” Your Skin Insults Your Creator, and Makes You Lose Dignity (Message from Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Lupita Nyong’o to Black/African Parents & their Children)" - click here to read it. Back then I had not really come across any notable African celebrity who has spoken […]

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[FLYER] The Key Performance Indicators It’s Renowned For, Convince Me Educators and Parents in Nigeria/Africa BADLY NEED to ADAPT Tried and Tested Ideas From Finland About How to Create a Successful Education System!

May 30, 2017

This post is a follow-up on the preceding piece recommending a BBC report about Finland's education system. I highlight specific examples of this country's unique system - for the benefit of many in my part of the world, who clearly do NOT know anything of the sort exists e.g kids who do not start school before […]

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[RECOMMENDED] BBC NEWS: Could subjects soon be a thing of the past in Finland?

May 30, 2017

I believe the rest of the world, if they are smart, should pay CLOSE and SERIOUS attention to what Finland is doing with its Education System. My instincts with regard to the homeschooling I've been doing with my kids have been along this line - and that's why this news from Finland resonates so much […]

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FREE PDF | African Parents Need to Teach Their Kids About Their Rich Ancestry & Contributions to Civilization, So They Don’t Grow Up Feeling Inferior to Other Races! [Insights From Maiden Visit of the Tayo Solagbade Clan Members (i.e. my kids) to ABEOKUTA (Our Home Town) in Nigeria's Ogun State on Saturday 22nd April 2017 for the African Drums Festival - held at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Kuto]

May 25, 2017

NB: I announced the impending publication of this PDF a month ago(27th April 2017), on my wall (click to view) Preview: On Sunday 22nd April 2017, I suggested that my kids wear to church, the above Adire outfits I'd bought for them the day before, when we'd traveled from Lagos to the African Drums Festival […]

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[HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!] People are posting an 8-ball emoji on Facebook – here’s what it means

May 22, 2017

Facebook users are posting an emoji of an eight-ball – and it’s all part of a viral campaign to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The black eight-ball emoji is popping up due to a viral message which is spreading via Facebook Messenger – urging men to post the image on Facebook. The message says, […]

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PII 066: There'll be No Need to Force Kids to "Finish" School If They See MORE Formally Schooled People Doing Well Financially [Hint: 9 Questions That Indicate How Conventional Schooling Shortchanges Learners]

May 16, 2017

This week’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter features 9 key questions I strongly recommend every parent ponder seriously over, to accurately discern how well the schooling his/her kids get will prepare them to function as vocationally competent and financially independent adults in society. Here are some signs and symptoms apparent in today’s […]

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To Build a Society of Discerning Adults, Whose Leaders Cannot Fool. We MUST Teach Our Kids Critical Thinking and Logic [A List of Websites That Can Help Willing Parents]

May 7, 2017

Nigeria today struggles to get itself out of poor leadership and corruption driven rot, because too much poor quality thinking, and reasoning is allowed to prevail in most (NOT ALL) of the decision making levels of her leadership, as well as amongst the larger majority of the followership. I've said the foregoing countless times in […]

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PII 064: Life Will Not Always be Fair - The Secret to Having Your Way Anyway [Hint: Is Your Job Keeping You from Being a Better Parent?]

May 1, 2017

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge Today I and the kids […]