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How Not To Raise A Child (Part 2)By Stella Damasus

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:17 PM PST



Fire on the Mountain

 "Who is responsible for what we teach our children, is it the Internet or the stars on television, why oh why".
These are lyrics from the hit song Fire on the Mountain by ASA. I loved the melody of the song the minute I heard it, but more importantly the lyrics struck a chord in my head.
A friend of mine came to my house with her own kids, and the kids ran upstairs into my children's room while we were in the living room downstairs chatting away. After a short while her kids came running down angrily and we found out that they were upset because there was no TV in my kids' rooms for them to watch.
So I told them to go up to the living room upstairs and watch TV. They ran up there and after a few minutes they ran back to us saying that they could not change the channels. I asked what channel was on and they said Nickelodeon which I believed was good enough for them at their age. They insisted that they wanted the other very popular channel that starts with a "D" which I said no to because of the content.
They grumbled and went upstairs and then I got the shocker of my life when my so-called friend thought I was too 'military' in my approach. She turned to me and said she was shocked that I controlled my children that way and she didn't think it was fair on them. I thought that was the end of it but alas she continued and this time she thought I was either stingy or old fashioned.
At that point it occurred to me that she was one of those parents who would give their children anything they wanted, anytime they wanted it even if it's an iPad for a ten year old all in the name of "ajebota".
For me, that is a very risky way to bring up children because of the kind of content we find especially on television. I advise every parent to be extremely careful as regards children's exposure to inappropriate content.
This information came to me through my sister who asked if any of us had ever sat down to watch all the programmes on the various children's channels. She also asked if we noticed that kids' entertainment has changed to more violence, sexual undertones, wizards, magic and supernatural destructive powers and the rest of them.
I got so scared and for the next one week I stayed home and watched every programme on every kids' channel I had access to and boy, I was shocked to my bone. Lots of plots on how to destroy an opponent, kissing which is now called making out, kids who have magic wands that turn them into anything, how bullying is cool, how to be among the bad and popular girls in school and so much more.
I was so stunned that I took out the TV from both their rooms, left one in the living room upstairs and I put parental control on the decoder and I made sure they can only watch the channel put from my room so that I am the one who controls what they watch. It also occurred to me that I had to pick out appropriate DVDs for them, watch them myself before handing it to them.
Sounds military but better safe than sorry. I can't forget a lady who was ignorant about such things and bought two DVDs for her kids just because she saw cartoon characters on the cover and colorful animated graphics. They turned out to be adult series. I am talking about the SIMPSONS and FAMILY GUY. A lot of these things can be deceptive if you don't exactly know what the content is about.
This taught me a huge lesson because we all know our kids learn numbers and alphabets with repititions, songs, fruits and nice graphics. We also know that our kids learn lyrics to songs faster than their multiplication tables. This tells me that entertainment gets to children faster than any other thing or method. This means that we have to be careful not to expose them to negative entertainment.
We need more children's content so I am calling on the brands, companies, banks and the government to support independent people who have great concepts for children's entertainment.
Here are a few tips I believe will help:
Familiarise yourself with different kids' channels and their content
Before you give them a movie or series please try to watch them
If they have computers please do not let them have Internet access without a password or code, encarta kids is good for homework, there must be adult supervision for them to search for anything.
Be careful not to encourage chatting via Internet because this exposes them to pedophiles.
Do not expose them to music video channels when they are still that young.
Choose appropriate music you can play in the car when they are in it.
Times have changed, our kids are wiser, faster and more exposed. We must make sure we help them grow positively.
Quote of the day: "the problem is not where you begin life geographically. The issue is where you choose to situate yourself in life" By leek Alder.
No matter what anyone says, you are the only original copy of yourself. Love yourself, love God.

Soul Train Creator 'Don Cornelius' Death Officially Ruled as Suicide

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:07 AM PST



   Coroner's officials on tuesday ruled Don Cornelius' death a suicide, nearly a week after the "Soul Train" creator and host killed himself with a gunshot to the head. 
   The agency made the determination after conducting an autopsy on Cornelius' body Friday. Investigators are still awaiting the results of toxicology tests before issuing a final report.
    Police quickly ruled out foul play after responding to Cornelius' Mulholland Drive home early Wednesday morning. His son had alerted authorities after receiving a call from his father.
     Cornelius, 75, started "Soul Train" in 1970 and it became one of the longest-running syndicated shows in history, introducing audiences to many top music acts and providing a never-before-seen TV platform for black culture.

Baba Suwe:NDLEA Asks Court for Stay of Execution on N25Million Judgement

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 09:31 AM PST


   Nollywood Comic actor Baba suwe is yet to be paid the 25 Million Naira a lagos Judge ,Yetunde idowu ordered the National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to pay him for arresting and detaining him unlawfully for alleged drug trafficking 
   The NDLEA earlier today asked an Ikeja High Court, Lagos to stay execution of its judgment which ordered the agency to pay N25 million to the actor.

 The request is  pending the result of the appeal filed by the agency on Dec. 6, 2011 at the Appeal Court in Lagos, against the said judgment.
   The NDLEA, through its lawyer, Mr Femi Oloruntoba, said that the agency was relying on two grounds of appeal.
  "The trial judge erred in law when the judge ruled that the NDLEA was not justified in detaining Omidina from the day of his arrest between Oct. 12, 2011 and Oct. 21, 2011, when the Federal High Court order was obtained".
    He argued that she further erred in law and misdirected herself on the facts when she held that "the acts of the NDLEA in keeping Omidina for nine days are a flagrant abuse and infringement of his fundamental rights".
   Olorountoba made it known that the budgetary allocation for NDLEA is N7Billion of which only N52Million is avalaible monthly for all the agency's activities including investigations and litigations.
   He futher claimed that Baba suwe will not be able to refund the judgement sum because his   resources are not adequate to ensure a refund of the judgment sum, should the NDLEA's succeed on its appeal.
   "NDLEA was impecunious and that paying the actor N25 million would deprive the agency of funds to perform other vital statutory functions ,He concluded.


       Baba suwe's lawyer Bamidele Ature opposed the application and request and  urged the court to refuse it.
      He argued that the court had jurisdiction to entertain the matter and award the damages.
  "In the unlikely event that the court is inclined to grant the NDLEA's application, it is our prayer that the court orders the agency to deposit the judgment sum with the Chief Registrar of this court, who in turn shall deposit same in an interest yielding account".
   "A statutory body funded to the tune of N7 billion, cannot claim that it cannot make the deposit," Aturu said.
  Justice Idowu  has adjourned the case to March 2,2012 for ruling.

Music:MamuZee Twins-Pige ft Tekno

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:49 AM PST


      The energetic music duo MamuZEE TwiNs ( Anthonio Akpos Dixon and Andre Andos Dixon) known for their African music and energetic dance back with new single Pige featuring Tekno .check it out below

Music:BlackFace - Emotions ft Faze

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:42 AM PST


     Blackface is back with new single Emotions featuring his former groupmate Faze, check out the banging single below produced by FlipTyce.

Music:M.I-Seven Days

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 07:38 AM PST


    Rapper M.I Abaga just released new single seven days for lovers celebrating valentine ,check it out below .
Listen and download

Alicia Keys To Honour Etta James at Grammys,Chris Brown confirmed to Perform

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 02:19 AM PST


      American R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has been confirmed to honour late music legend Etta James at this year Grammy awards.
    The 14 Time Grammy winner will team with blue icon Bonnie Raitt for a tribute at the 54th Annual Grammys on feb.12 .
    It has also been confirmed that Current GRAMMY nominee Chris Brown, nominees Tony Bennett and Carrie Underwood, who will perform together have been added to the lineup for the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
   This will be Chris brown's first Grammy performance since he assaulted Pop star Rihanna in 2009.
The award will hold at staples center in Los angeles , hosted by rapper LL COOL J 

Beyonce Wasn't offered $100Million/Year for X Factor : Simon Cowell

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:47 AM PST


     US X factor Creator simon cowell has debunked the rumour that he Offered Beyonce $100Million/year to be a judge on the show.It was reported last week by mediatakeout.com that beyonce has been offered $100Million/year for five years to be on the show .
Simon told Extra,
  No, I have no idea where this rumor came from, "I read it online that I had offered her $100 million/year. It's complete nonsense. The budget of the show is $100 million. No one's gonna pay $100 million/year for someone.""It would never ever, ever happen,"It's absolute nonsense and I genuinely haven't had a conversation with her about it.

   Just few days ago Label executive ,L.A Reid signed for the second season of the show which will start in september.
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