PARENTING WITHOUT TEARS by (MRS) IYABO LADIPO. 'Be on the watch'

MRS IYABO LADIPO (NEE WILLIAMS) WAS BORN IN ON THE 21^ST APRIL 1959. SHE IS A LAWYER BY TRAINING AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE, IN 1979, AND THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL IN 1980. SHE WORKED IN TWO BANKS FOR A PERIOD OF OVER TWENTY YEARS TILL SHE RETIRED TO RUN HER PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN 2003.

SHE IS PARTICULARLY PASSIONATE ABOUT FALLEN VALUES IN NIGERIA AND THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE FAMILY UNIT AND THEREFORE ORGANISES PARENTING SEMINARS POPULARLY KNOWN AS - MOM’S TEA PARTY; TO SENSITIZE AND EDUCATE PARENTS ON HOW BEST TO IMPART VALUES TO CHILDREN. SHE ALSO WORKS EXTENSIVELY WITH CHILDREN IN HER NOW FAMOUS HOLIDAY COURSES, “TEENAGE CHEF”, WHERE SHE IMPARTS BOTH VALUES AND SKILLS.

SHE IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO MR. BOLANLE DOLAPO LADIPO AND THEY ARE BLESSED WITH CHILDREN.