Parents who think their children are the greatest!
By Bunmi Sofola RECENTLY, Frieda, the head of a leading private school, lamented that modern parents are praising their children to the hilt and bringing up their daughters as if they can do no wrong. She argued that being showered with too much praise and too many presents is not a good thing for a child […]
How many affairs are you willing to forgive?
Even if there was a blue print for having a healthy relationship, chances are it wouldn’t work for each individual the same way. Man meets woman, a relationship develops and within weeks, you are in seventh heaven. Your man is the ‘soul mate’ you have always dreamt of – you virtually live in each other’s pockets and you can’t stop pinching yourself on how lucky you are.
When failure makes you depressed
We’ve all failed at one project or the other and learnt to move on. But a lot of people have received such mighty failures that they’re just not able to shake off and the depth of despair they feel is difficult to bear. A few years back, Remi, just 24 got married. “Adam and I had been together since I was 19,” she explained.
When you drink for two, your child becomes damaged
Imagine when your pregnancy is scanned for the first time so you could see your precious baby growing in the womb, suddenly its whole body gives a shudder and the foetus appears to jump. Such a movement is known as the startle reflex, and the scan described above are from photographs from scans that were taken by Peter Hepper, a professor of psychology at Queens University, Belfast and an expert on the effects of alcohol on unborn babies.
Men are such bad losers!
Isn’t it amazing how some people rejoice widely when their perceived enemies die? Some years back, when I was still an eight-to-five staff of a financial institution, I was in the office when I heard these peals of laughter coming from a colleague in the next office. I hurried to investigate and found him clinging to a friend of his, both screaming their heads off with glee. “What happened,” I asked excitedly, “did you win something?”
You don’t really need an eight-hour sleep everyday!
It’s been tagged the most amazing remedy – sleep. Scientific findings tel! you it helps you live longer and boosts your immune system. It puts you in a great mood, reduces your risk of everything from heart disease to diabetes – and it’s completely free. It has no side – effects and is available to everyone.
