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Nothing brings down the atmosphere of your household any quicker than a teenager whose attitude has gone bad.   At some point, every teenager drives every parent crazy over a bad attitude.  The symptoms include (but aren�t limited to) the classic eye-roll, the angry outburst, the sarcastic retort, the very loud and long sigh, the cold shoulder, the hot temper, or the look your child gives you that declares,  I think everything you�re saying right now is totally ridiculous. Some teens grow into their brash behaviors and wear them like a badge of honor.  One minute a sweet and caring child, the next an angry and arrogant teenager.  You are never quite sure which teen is going to show up. Over the years, we have organized programs for teenagers and work with them as well.  We have definitely witnessed all the physical and verbal manifestations of a bad attitude.  While each child is unique, you can generally categorize the teenage mindset in one of f...

? Agbo   Gad-David Oyioche is a  17-year-old Entrepreneur, whose  interest and passion for cakes inspired him to acquire baking skills. In this interview, the teenage Baker talks about how  young people come around his bakery, showing interest for vocational skills, as they are challenged by his determination to succeed.  Read on.  Excerpts: AS A TEENAGER, WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO ACQUIRE BAKING SKILLS ? I got inspired to baking skills because of my interest and passion for cake making. Prior to now, I tried learning/acquiring other skills in welding, football,  photography, training to play saxophone, but all stopped at the primary/preliminary stages of my learning them. I could not continue and finish, but my interest and passion made me to have an unstoppable drive to learn: Initially from a one-week free skill acquisition programme, I was motivated to learn more, hence, I proceeded to a school of culinary arts (Food Perfect) in Port- Harcourt to perfec...

Limitations : could be a limiting condition, restrictive weakness, lack of capacity, inability or handicap.(dictionary.com) Ability :is being competence in an activity or occupation because of ones skill, training, or other qualification.(dictionary.com) What are your limitations? What are your abilities? Let's find out more...

You can be part of the 1st Open Community School Project in Ametiti Amoso-Edda, Etiti-Edda Autonomous Community, Afikpo-South LGA, Ebonyi State by contributing Learning Materials and Classroom Furnishing items for 120 � 200 young children. Some Children fetching water during School hours in the community During the period we spent in the community we realized that this Open Community School would not just improve access to Education but also include the following: -         Promote equal access to education for girls in the community. -         Reduce out of primary school children that spend most of their time fetching water from the stream and attending to house chores during school hours (pictures attached). -         Provide affordable and flexible cost of education with high tech quality for low-income households. -         Increa...

Asking a young person in Nigeria �How much do you know about Climate Change?� would trigger responses such as � What is Climate change; What does Climate change means; Climate change is implemented by the UN; That is an �Oyibo� (Western) problem and we have no business with global warming. Hmmm�. So you think? Is that really true!  Research shows that the level of ignorance and abstractness of climate change awareness among young people has not only affected their lack of knowledge but also reduced their effective contributions toward actions to address Climate change. Air pollution lives with us; triggered by usage of firewood by majority in rural communities, the big industries in the cities. And we cannot forget the popular Niger-delta region that has been polluted with oil and gas, which poses serious harm to inhabitants of many communities there. We must create a world where young people take lead on Climate issues, because we are the future. Indeed, the Climate plays...