Your 13-year-old comes home talking about a pair of trainers their friends are wearing. Or perhaps i...

"Dad, please send me money."It's Wednesday, and your child has already spent the money you gave them...

There is a strange part of parenting that nobody really prepares you for.You spend years teaching yo...

For many Nigerian parents, the dream is simple: give your children a better life than the one you ha...

There is a particular kind of excitement that comes with a teenager asking, “Mum, can I have my own...

There is a particular kind of silence that exists in many African homes around money. Children know...

There is something exciting about getting your first debit card.For a teenager, it can feel like a s...

There is a moment every parent eventually has to face.Your child is getting older, becoming more ind...

mber carrying cash to school. When having ₦200 made you a “big boy”. Saving birthday money in a draw...

“Mummy, send me money.”If you have a teenager, there is a good chance you have heard this sentence m...

There's a moment every parent eventually faces. Your child gets their admission letter, the exciteme...

Let's start with a scene many Nigerian parents know too well.You walk into a bank with your 13 year...

Every summer, it happens.Your child has toys, books, games and more free time than they've had all y...

Let’s be honest about something first."Just read for 20 minutes" is one of the most joyless sentence...

Schools are almost out of session and pretty soon the house will be bustling with kids. By the secon...

Most Nigerian parents will have "the talk" about drugs only once (if at all) and usually triggered b...

Every time you rescue your child from a small, safe failure, you take something away from them that...

Here's a scenario most Nigerian parents know well.It's 6:45 a.m. Your child is dressed, bag packed,...

Most of us left school knowing how to solve quadratic equations. Almost none of us left knowing how...