Positive Parenting

By Dickson Tumuramye If there is anything hard in a marriage that a couple wished never happened to them in their relationship are death and divorce. By the time you think about marrying this partner, you have convinced yourself that this is the right person. But along the way sometimes things change and inevitable circumstances happen to tear you apart. It is a very painful moment and the most affected in this whole saga are children. The child’s hero in life and source of safety and sense of love are the parents. When marriage is on the verge of break-up, children are always entangled in the unresolved conflicts between Dad and Mummy, and most of the time they are very innocent and this affects them emotionally. Most couples never let their children know why they are divorcing. Others like to victimize the other party to show children that they are innocent but the other person is the one wrong. A few couples sit down with their children to share with them why they have decided to

By Dickson Tumuramye With a digitalized world now, most children are happy to catch up with their pals on social media platforms especially WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, etc. than face-to-face. As it is becoming hard for us adults to separate ourselves from social media yet we seem busier than the youth, our children with all the gadgets around them may spend much of their time on it. Much time was used to be spent on watching TVs, reading, doing house chores, but now everyone tries to balance between watching, working, family, and catching up on social media. Social media is becoming a very easy and cheaper way of communication and keeping in instant touch with everyone you need. In the long run, our children are developing relationships in different ways. We need to appreciate that because we are all social beings. The Bible also recognizes the value of friends “A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Prov. 18:24 NKJV