Positive Parenting

By Dickson Tumuramye As the saying goes; choose many friends but trust a few.  You need to be mindful of the people you accept anyhow in your life. Each one has something he/she needs from you. It is worse with ladies. Most men will pretend to be your very good friends yet they see you as a potential sexual object. There are other things that come along our way to divert from our vision and focus in life. It only takes you to be determined and not distracted from it. I like how Daniel refused to be defiled by just mere food from the king’s palace and instead opted for vegetables. And because of that, he was later appointed a leader of the Babylonians even when he was a Hebrew. But as they say that the devil will attack you from corners, Daniel’s friends (Meshach, Shadrack and Abednego) were being accused of disobeying the King’s decrees and were thrown into the furnace of fire (Daniel 3). But because they stood their ground and refused to bow to the god of Nebuchadnez...

Most people’s dream in life is to marry and raise a family. The biggest expectation is to have children and in our African culture, they play an important role in the strong foundation and happiness of any marriage. Children also get proud of the families they come from and this is not only dependent on family’s financial status but on how best they are well groomed by their parents. As we raise and groom these children, there is a need for us to instill family values in them. This comes with the bigger vision the family has or the picture you see in your mind when you think about how you desire your family life to look like in future. But if I may ask, do you have a vision and a mission which your children know very well? Is your family focused on a similar goal or each one of you is taking his/her own way? What makes your family unique. Our children need to grow up with the familiarity of what the family stands for, well knowing where you have come from and where you are heading. ...