by Farai | Oct 16, 2018 | Smart Parenting
Have you ever had to resort to tough love parenting just to drive a critical life lesson into a child’s psyche? As a loving parent, it definitely is painful to have to intentionally let a child suffer the consequences of his or her actions. It’s especially...
by Farai | Oct 11, 2018 | Smart Parenting
As a parent raising kids in a fast changing world, raising kind kids has to be a top priority given the ever increasing digitization of everyday life. I don’t know about you, but whenever I come into contact with a mean, inconsiderate, unkind and all round jerk...
by Farai | Oct 1, 2018 | Smart Parenting
Raising humans – AKA kids – in the real world is a pretty difficult job. It really is. How do I know? I have 3 of them. I have a 13 year old female human, another female human who’s just under 9 and a male one who breached the 2 year mark just the...
by Farai | Sep 25, 2018 | No Bullsh*t Parenting, Smart Parenting
There are things that mama bears never do. Letting their cubs out of the den into the forest unprotected is one of them. Likewise, there are things that smart moms just don’t do. We’ll get into those things in a minute. But before we do, did you know that...
by Farai | Sep 25, 2018 | Smart Parenting
I don’t know about you but I believe that hard life lessons are best taught to kids sooner in their lives rather than later. There are lessons that I got to learn as an adult that I wished my parents had given me the opportunity to learn when I was a youngster....
by Farai | Sep 22, 2018 | Smart Parenting
Since the festive season is just around the corner, I think this is just a great a time as any to talk about the issue of cute but thoughtless vs Cute & Thoughtful kids’ gifts. I’m well aware that this piece will touch a raw nerve in some of us...
by Farai | Sep 21, 2018 | Smart Parenting
Is it safe to say that one of the most valuable skills for a young person transitioning into adulthood in today’s economy is the ability to recognize and take advantage of business opportunities? Would you agree that whether working for a corporate entity or...
by Farai | Sep 19, 2018 | Smart Parenting
If you’re like most parents around the world, I think you’d agree that raising kids who grow into happy people is your topmost hope and aspiration. In a survey spanning 7 countries, Fisher Price asked 3,500 prenatal and post-natal moms what matters the...
by Farai | Sep 13, 2018 | Smart Parenting
Have you ever wondered what it takes to raise tenacious kids? That is, kids who grow up to have a never give up attitude. Google defines being tenacity as: As I ponder my responsibility as a parent, the question of how to raise tenacious kids always finds its way to...
by Farai | Sep 11, 2018 | No Bullsh*t Parenting
At what age do you consider it right to have your kids pack their own lunch for school? Smart parenting behavior determines this age based on one goal. Raising the kids to be independent. I very rarely listen to the radio when driving but the other day I had the radio...
