Positive Parenting

  By Dickson Tumuramye At the time we thought we were done with the COVID-19 pandemic and we were getting back to normal, a second wave hit us again with its related effects that have left devastating challenges among families.  We have had cases of domestic violence on the rise, economic challenges, loss of our beloved, no schooling among others becoming part of us. As a result, sharing  with your family what you are experiencing may become hard. You are not alone in this storm and it’s better openness remain on top of your marriage. I share with you some tips on how to walk along together with your spouse and family. Communicate effectively There are some spouses who think that their partners will read their non-verbal communication and tell what they need. If the partner is not sensitive enough to detect it, the one grieved will feel so bad. I don’t see the reason why you cannot express your feelings to your spouse directly and be specific to what you need from him/her...

At birth I was named Prim Kesande. The adjective Prim means neat and proper, as my mother would later tell me when I became of age. I was born on a Sunday morning, at 11:57am to be precise. My surname was derived from the day of the week on which I was born. Mother also told me that if I had been born a boy, she would have called me Sabiti or Sunday, the masculine version of Kesande. Her choice of my christian name would have been Stanley or Hannington. She said those names sounded ‘neat and proper.’  Many people ask, what’s in a name? I will say, for me, the name is everything. One’s name is the first identifier, the rest, like character, gender, color are the specifics of whose name is in question. Names like David, Brian, Daniel were some of the names I loved while growing up. For David and Daniel, it was because of the outstanding Biblical characters they presented. Brian simply sounds cool. Beyond that, I was later in life to meet an angel in human form called Brian Williams...