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PARENTAL CONFLICTS AND ITS EFFECTS ON CHILDREN.

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Good quality parenting provides structure, warmth and emotional support to the kids. They should also feel able to talk openly about their lives to any of their parents and also feel safe when expressing their feelings regardless of which parent they are with.  However, if the parents have frequent and intense conficts, it affects the children negatively. These conflicts have a negative impact on children's sense of safety and security which affects their relationships with parents and others.    Let me highlight some of the many causes of this conflicts.. Money; which is common in many families, family business, Divorced parents; this mainly affects many children worldwide. When parents are divorced they tend to conflict indirectly by: Asking children to carry hostile messages to the other parent.  Asking children intrusive questions about their parent.  Creating a need for the children to hide positive feelings for the other parent.  Putting ...
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INTEGRITY vs COMPROMISE.

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As a youngster, many are the times  we are tempted to say or do something that is wrong but we try as much to resist the temptations and stand firm in our convictions.Thats where compromise and integrity comes in.  I have come across many situations that needed me to make tough choices in the past. I may have made the wrong decision by compromising and doing something that i came to regret later on. By that i learnt that in the future i should make sure that my thoughts, words, emotions and actions reflect an inner beauty and a sincere love for God, others and yourself.  We should never compromise our integrity for anything.That should never be in our choices even at the toughest moments of our lives.  As i wrap up i will just drop some questions of integrity that we should always ask ourselves and some questions of compromise that we should never ask.   COMPROMISE            INTEGRITY  • Are my actions lawful?...
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