Moses Mpanga When your adolescent greeted you yesterday and yet walked right past you the morning after with an unimpenetrable attitude, you were jolted. He or she spent all-day in the bedroom, but had been up and about the day before! The other day, your 13-year-old daughter broke down because she saw a disabled chicken […]
This article was first published in New Vision Newspaper in 2022 Dickson Tumuramye The two years of staying with children at home were not so easy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many children had literally dropped out of school; they had forgotten about studies and had now adapted to home life. It was not until […]
Dickson Tumuramye Until the recent past, children were raised by both their parents and the community. Parents would sit with their children around a table or fi re and share stories, riddles and songs. This ensured bonding, discussing of family issues and parents would pass on crucial information to their children. This is no longer […]
Dickson Tumuramye During the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown in Uganda, the rate of teenage pregnancy was alarmingly high. These teenage girls were staying home with their parents, siblings and relatives where one would expect them to be safe, but this was not the case. There are also many cases of children being […]
Money. Doesn’t it speak for itself? Does it need any further introduction? It is the reason millions wake up at the proverbial crack of dawn and go to work in factories, offices, gardens and elsewhere. It is the reason some marry the people they marry; and the reason many leave their marriages. It is what […]
I arrived at the school where I was reporting for Senior One on a weekend. Those were the days when weekends were not used for “normal” classes as is the case in many “powerful” schools today. Children were supposed first of all to clean their community, do personal administration and then have breakfast. That was […]
The writer is a parenting counsellor and professional teacher It’s one thing finding your children at war; it’s a totally different thing hearing one of them yell at the other, “I will kill you!” So, when my cousin heard her 14-year-old son scream that above to his 16-year-old sister’s wails, she dropped the laptop bag […]
The staggered beginning of term is upon us yet again. Staggered in the sense that, unlike in the past where all schools opened on the same day, creating a melee on the road that stretched into the night, and distracting business the entire day, now different schools open on different days, which lends some sanity […]