Financial Habits Your Children Must Learn

Financial Habits Your Children Must Learn

How many times have you heard the words; ‘I want this ‘ followed by a persistent tugging that will refuse to be ignored as you try to navigate supermarket aisles.

If you have ever had to suffer through one of these episodes, perhaps it is time to rethink how you have led your kids to perceive money.

We present super practical tips on financial habits your children must learn.

Get it yourself

Instead of lying that you don’t have money to buy certain toys and other amusements,  use the opportunity to teach your child a very vital financial lesson.

If it is really that important to your child,  ask him or her to save up lunch money over a few weeks and head to the store to buy it.

This is a very important lesson in financial discipline which is one of the financial habits your children must learn. You may find out that after the weeks of saving,  there has been a weighing of priorities and a decision not to splurge.

Even if your kid still decides to make the purchase, you have taught a valuable lesson about saving

Budget meeting

Trying to shield your children when the financial situation at home is rocky is very understandable. However it also means that you miss out on an opportunity to discuss financial habits your children must learn.

When  there are financial challenges, don’t keep quiet around your children, invite them to the discussion and tell them the state of things.

This way,  they can understand when you can’t buy a new set of toys or have to settle for a less expensive brand of snacks.

Practical

All these talk about financial habits your children must learn won’t get you anywhere until you decide to walk the talk.

Look for learning opportunities in your everyday activities to teach your children the place of money.

Take them on bank trips when you go to deposit money, open saving accounts for them and get a savings box at home where family members can make daily savings.

Getting a head start on these amazing tips is very key to building children that understand financial habits and principles.

SOURCE: https://allroundparent.com/2017/12/28/financial-habits-your-children-must-learn/

When To Teach Your Child About Sex

When To Teach Your Child About Sex

Sex education is one topic that several parents shy away from. Most especially here in Africa, it is regarded as a taboo to talk about sex to your child at a very tender age. So the big question arises, when should a parent talk about sex to his/her child?

The issue of sex is something that is of utmost importance, most especially in the society where we reside now. It has been the order of the day as several sex predators zoom the street and schools of your wards. Unknowingly for you, that family member or worker may the sex predator that the family does not know about. Is there a way out towards that regard?

From the tender age of talking to your child, little efforts can be taken to explain what sex is and where are private to your child. When reading those bedtime stories, have pet talks with your children on where can be private to them. This time little understanding of the major body parts can be explained to them.

Bitcoin tumbles over exchange-closure fears

Bitcoin resumed its slide yesterday, dipping below $14,000 as the cryptocurrency’s dizzying drop from a record set 10 days ago intensified.

The latest blow to the world’s biggest cryptocurrency came from South Korea, where the government said it was eyeing options for stamping out a frenzy of speculation, including a potential shutdown of at least some exchanges.

Bitcoin fell as much as 9 percent to $13,828 overnight, erasing modest gains after the South Korean release, composite Bloomberg pricing shows. The cryptocurrency fluctuated near $14,000 as of 9:20 a.m. in New York. It’s now down 28 percent from the record $19,511 it reached on Dec. 18.

Bitcoin’s plunge comes after futures contracts started trading on CME Group’s exchange, giving investors new ways to bet on the digital coin’s price moves. The news from South Korea unnerved traders because the country has been ground zero  for a global surge in interest in bitcoin as its rally this year reached 1,600 percent, prompting the nation’s prime minister to worry over the impact on Korean youth.

Buhari’s wife visits injured son in hospital

•He hasn’t been flown abroad, says Presidency

•PDP, Fayose, Aso Rock workers pray for quick recovery

First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, yesterday, visited her son, Yusuf, at the Cedacrest Hospital, Abuja where he is being treated following injuries he sustained to his limbs and head. He was involved in a lone  power bike crash on Tuesday.

Aisha arrived the hospital located in the Gudu District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) dressed in a traditional attire and shawl, in a black SUV accompanied by security officials in the early hours of the day.

As soon as she arrived the hospital which was littered with police officers, Aisha went to the second floor after consultation with an official of the hospital.

APC: Why they want me out –Oyegun

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has revealed why he is being persecuted in the party.

Oyegun said he is being persecuted because of his loyalty to the present administration led by Muhammadu Buhari.

He disclosed this in Benin City, yesterday, at an event organised by the Benin National Congress, ( BNC), to honour his selfless and leadership style over the years.

 “I grew up in an environment where bringing disgrace to the family is the worst thing you can possibly do; even the family will be the first to disown you. 

“So, in all my life, this is the circumstance that has conditioned me. I do not do things that will not make  me sleep soundly at night. I do nothing that will appear as headline in any of the national dailies. 

“Yes, I have been through several trials, but, I have overcome them all.

“Why have I done so? Because, at the end of the day, whether detailed or forensic examination, you will not find that your own Oyegun has done something dishonorable. And so, with all the hue and cry, at  the end of the whole thing, when we sit down, and ask, ‘tell us what he has done?’ Behold, the whole situation fizzled out. 

“The only thing you can punish him for is loyalty. Edo people are loyal. We look at something, we make sacrifices to ensure that those hands are upheld and neat.”

Oyegun, however, called on Nigerians to be patient with the present administration in delivering the right and purposeful leadership for the country and noted that change  takes time, in consistence of applications and that Nigerians cannot afford to  go back to the old days.

In his welcome address, BNC President, Mr. Aiyemenkhue Edokpolo, said when the country was facing series of frightening existential challenges by ethnic groups, when President Muhammadu Buhari was away on medical trip, Chief Oyegun took epistemic steps to preserve the sanctity of the Presidency; protected the interest of Nigeria as one and indivisible country; and defended the founding values of his party- the APC.

Edokpolo said as a distinguished Bini man and humble son of Edo State, who has made landmarks in civil service and party politics, Oyegun deserves the honour, hence, the acceptance by the Binis to honour him as a role model.

SOURCE: THE SUN...

Touching moment a policewoman BREASTFEEDS a suspect's hungry baby as the infant's mother is attending a trial and could not nurse it

A mother's love is unconditional. 

Hao Lina, a police officer in China, has melted the hearts of millions after breastfeeding the four-month-old baby of a suspect.

The infant's mother was attending a trial and could not nurse her crying child. She had given permission to Ms Hao before letting her baby be fed.

The touching incident took place on September 23 at the Shanxi Jinzhong Intermediate People's Court in central China.  

The baby's mother was charged with fraudulent fund-raising, illegally absorbing public deposit and crime concealment with 33 other people, according to the court.  

Ms Hao, a mother herself, said the baby had been left under her and her colleagues' care before its mother went for the trial.

'The baby wouldn't stop crying and we were all worried,' said Ms Hao.

'I am a new mother, I could feel how anxious the child's mother would have been. All I thought about was to try my best and comfort the tiny baby.'

After gaining the permission of the baby's mother, Ms Hao found a quiet corner in the building and breastfed the baby. 

The baby's gender has not been revealed.

The scene was captured by one of Ms Hao's colleagues. 

The pictures were posted by the court to its official website and social media account before being featured in various Chinese publications. 

According to the court, the baby's mother, surnamed Li, was so touched by Ms Hao's behaviour she couldn't help but cry after leaving the court.

Commenting on the praises she had received from the public, a humble Ms Hao said: 'I believe every police officer would do the same. If I had been the mother, I would have hoped someone to help my baby too.'

WAEC withholds 15,000 SSCE results

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of over 15,000 candidates that sat for the May/June senior school certificate examinations.

The affected candidates are from Niger State.

The decision to hold on to the results was reportedly because the state government failed to pay the examination fees on behalf of the candidates.