Positive Parenting

By Dickson Tumuramye Unlike the usual school breaks/holidays, this one is terrible because children are confined in their homes. The guidelines are clear; no shaking hands, no hugs, no visits, no public gathering, social distancing at least four metres away from each other. All this has put a lot of questions around them.  My children have endless questions "so dad why are you still working when we, are staying home? We hear people are dying, will we also all die? Who will bury us?...........! These are very sensitive and touching questions. You enter the house, they are ready with sanitizers and literally "force" you to wash your hands. The isolation at home with strict rules has made them resort to indoor games and watching TV for most of their time. This seems that for a longer time, they will not manage what they have not been used to. This is equally the same for adults. The government has closed most businesses, suspended public transport which obviou...

By Dickson Tumuramye At this time when the world is facing the disarray of coronavirus pandemic, the tension and anxiety are so high that everyone is nervous about their lives. It is interesting that the very powerful countries that manufacture nuclear weapons, atomic missiles, etc. up to now are still failing to come up with what can cure it now. This COVID-19 has shaken everyone; big and small, wise and fool, rich and poor, every race is under panic, developed and developing countries. It is at this time that we need to recognize that there is someone higher above us who has power over everyone, everything under the sun (1 Chronicles 29:11). Some countries like Uganda which is not yet swept off by this COVID-19 could not wait to see the worst happen. The president decided to stop schools and all institutions of learning. This did not spare churches and mosques as well as all religious groups from conducting services, fellowships, overnights, etc. except if people don’t ex...

By Dickson Tumuramye The world is in a tremor of the coronavirus that has so far hit some countries so badly. The panic and anxiety are getting too much to both countries and individual people. There is no way how we can settle when the president of Uganda too declared that schools, universities, churches, close, public gatherings and conferences are suspended all for one month. We have watched that some supermarkets are now empty. Flights have been suspended and movements limited or stopped. the children's education system is now disorganized for some time and this leaves them uncertain of how this will end. All this has a direct impact on our children who may not clearly fathom with what coronavirus is all about. It is becoming compulsory that in most public places, people use sanitary facilities as a way of preventing the pandemic. This is why as a parent, you have the responsibility of reading and understanding what this coronavirus is all about so that you are eq...