Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Four things your kids need to see you do in your marriage




  • I am an advocate of a two parent home largely because I was not part of one. My mother and father divorced when I was little and my mother did not remarry. I don't blame her for choosing to stay single after my father. She dealt with a lot of emotional abuse that would last her a lifetime. In some sense, I believe she wanted to protect us from another potentially "bad" relationship.
    I could write a book just on the effects of divorce on children alone, but this isn't the article. I am simply sharing some history about my own family because I feel that I missed out on some valuable lessons about positive relationships. Now, many years later, with a family of my own, I am aware of my own family dynamics. My husband and I work hard in our marriage for one another, but we also allow our children to see the good, the bad and the ugly.
    Many of my friends have told me they have never seen their parents fight nor have they overheard decisions on family financial matters being made. At one time, I thought that was how I would handle my own family matters, but it just didn't work for us. My husband and I want our children to be aware of what it takes to actually make a marriage work day-to-day I want them to understand it's not always about the glass slipper, but the daily grind.
    Here is a list of things I personally think kids need to see us doing, as couples, in our marriages. What would you add to the list?

Thursday, 15 January 2015

Why We Begged Buhari To Come Rescue Nigeria — Tinubu

The All Progressives Congress’s (APC) presidential campaign’s whistle stop tour of all 36 states moved on Tuesday to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

The delegation was led by the presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari along with his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Other members of the party were also in attendance including the party’s national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the former Governor of Osun state, Bisi Akande.

Championing the cause for the presidential candidate the party’s national leader, Tinubu revealed Muhammadu Buhari’s initial reluctance to run in the elections. “We begged Muhammadu Buhari to contest again,” he said in Yoruba. “Nigeria is challenged and we present to you a great leader who has the ability to think and do and equals to performance. Buhari is the man that can deliver because he is honest, he has integrity.”