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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...

   Nollywood Star actress Stella Damasus announced on her blog yesterday that she  has become a columnist for PMNews Nigeria, ." This is just a start and I am not a trained journalist. I just speak from my heart and share my thoughts" . ,she said  Read her first Article below: How Not To Raise A child The other day I had a conversation with a friend of mine and we were talking about African children, especially Nigerian kids. We realised that our children here are brought up to be quiet, reserved and are only allowed to speak most times only when spoken to especially the girls. They are not allowed to freely ask questions, mix freely with other children. For instance you take your kids to a party and you find other kids their age there, it takes a while for them to get to know themselves before they start playing. Most of the time we tell them “ah ah go and say hello and tell her your name, why don’t you shake hands, go and play with your mates now”. We need to st...