Physical intimacy remains a tricky issue to discuss when you have a teenage daughter. Most times, parents and guardians wait until something prompts them to discuss intimacy. This should not be the case, we often wonder, what is the appropriate age to start discussing this topic with our daughter? Specialists say it is never too early to start the discussion, I say do not wait until it is too late. While doing my daily rounds, I came across this question on Troubleshooter, an advice column that appears in the Japan News, and I felt it would be right to share this with parents, who may have been in this situation or find themselves edging towards the same. The question reads: ‘I saw my teenage daughter in bed with her boyfriend, what should I do?’ I’m a company employee in my 40s with a daughter who’s a first-year student at a…

Growing up with several aunts, I had my fair share of questions. My mum was super busy, so I was lucky to be surrounded by these great ladies who helped me through many awkward moments. Every teenage girl has a few questions brewing in her mind. It could be about body changes during puberty, intimacy, peer pressure, pimples, fashion, homework or boys. There is no clear-cut answers to some of the questions that may arise; however, we encourage parents and guardians to have enough information to help their ward through these moments. This will also help you raise a well balanced teenager. Kaz Cooke is an Australian author, cartoonist, and broadcaster, who has written several bestselling advice books for girls and women. In this edition, we are poised to learn from her wealth of experience as she reveals essential information you should give your daughter to help you both survive.…

Are you going through that phase when you are just so curious about your teenage daughter, and you really need to know what she’s been up to? Don’t beat yourself up; we all go through that phase. Many parents find it quite uncomfortable trying to find out more when she is just not letting up; should I spy on her, bug her phone, or ground her? It’s a real dilemma, trust me, you are not alone. It’s a normal phase you pass through when your baby is growing up. We all handle this phase in different ways, I stumbled upon Circle of Moms, while trying to figure out how other Moms handle this, and here’s what some Moms think when the question was posed; should you snoop on your teen? Jennifer Shallow W – I put the desktop shark on my 17 yr old cell, after reading some alarming things…

By: Mwila Mwila I was a very happy, charismatic, intelligent, ambitious, beautiful young girl with a bright future, taking life by its horns and educationally competing on a National level, and beating boys in higher Grades. I was growing up in an extended religious home that suddenly fell apart after the death of an uncle that kept the family knitted together and provided for it. Although I was only about three years of age, I can vividly recount in details, the violent events leading to my parent’s divorce, and the quick remarrying of my father, when I was almost four years of age. Though both parents were still alive, I never really had a stable home or a permanent family to live with after that, going from one home to the other, with my grandmother’s home to always fall back on, and she was a vicious, fierce task…

By: Mwila Mwila A Fantastic Job Well was done to everyone who has been in the forefront in the fight for Girl-Child educational Campaigns all across Africa and everyone from the Western Countries who spear headed and or funded any of such Campaigns.  It is such a joy, we have almost crossed the hurdles and impediments of Girl Child Educational hindrances in Africa, although free elementary education still remains a parliamentary debate on the lips of so many obviously unconcerned politicians, who usually bring up such debates only to come across as relevant, for votes or to maintain their political positions. But hey, with further pushing and a little more added pressure, we will be able to speak of an African with at least free Elementary education. And we sure can. It is good to note that, today, most Africans can testify to the fact that, that old Custom traditional mentality, that…