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Teen Managers Welcome everyone, thank you for liking this page. The aim of this page is to create a forum basically for teenagers.

There will be write ups and varieties of activities that are meant to make our teenagers better people.

08/09/2026

MIND YOUR BUSINESS........

There is an ongoing war between Gen Z and my generation. Many are not aware of this war. Gen Z claims my generation doesn't understand boundaries whereas Gen Zs are perceived to lack respect. We will settle that dispute another time.

I still don't understand why some people just feel like they have a right to dictate to you how you should live your life. The word BOUNDARY exists for a reason. It simply means there is a limit to which you can delve into people's personal lives.

The one that amazes me is how someone just thinks their opinion counts or you must do things their way. You can advise, you can show care, you can air your opinion, I don't have a problem but don't shove your opinion down my throat.

Let me take marriage for example, you will hear things like "why is the wife the one with the ATM card?", "why is the husband frying plantain while the wife is watching TV?", " why is the wife a full time housewife while the husband is doing great in his career?, "why is the husband the one going to the market?"
Haba! Make una rest Na.
I often say this and I will say it again, " do what works for you and let others do theirs"

Next time before you comment or air your opinion, check your relationship with the person, observe the atmosphere, observe the mood, watch the body language, watch the facial expressions and most importantly MIND YOUR BUSINESS......

PHOTO CREDIT: The Observer

04/09/2026

TEACHERS WATCH AND PRAY......

I have always known that this teaching profession requires more than physical strength. You need to be alert both spiritually and psychologically.

So something happened in one of the schools I have taught that further strengthened my belief. A colleague was teaching in the class and a particular girl offended him. I can't remember her offence now. He said he raised his cain to flog her but somehow had the nudge not to touch her so he dismissed her.

Not up to 5 minutes later, he heard her classmates screaming, Mr I, M has fallen down and she is not moving. Alarmed, Mr I moved close to the girl shaking her but she didn't respond. That was how he carried her and rushed towards the school bus.We that were in the staff room ran out when we heard the commotion.

Las Las, they brought the girl back from the hospital after some hours. When the principal put a call through to the parents to inform them of the incident, the father confirmed that this wasn't the first time such was happening.

The Principal was shocked, you mean your daughter had such an ailment and you didn't bother to inform us in the school. After that call, he reiterated his warning to us about the use of cane. He said it would have been a different story if Mr I had beaten the girl.

Meanwhile, my former director had once shared a similar story with us. He said their former security guard had a daughter who had sickle cell disease. The girl was beaten in school and she DIED. He said even though the parents of the girl didn't want to make a case out of the situation since they were aware of their child's condition, the extended family members vehemently refused to settle out of court. It was a serious matter that almost led to the close down of the school.

Dear teachers, I know you love your pupils and you are very passionate about your job, but please take caution. Collect your small change and go home in peace rather than spend your remaining years in jail.
Ani sise se o 🙏

PHOTO CREDIT: The Mechanised Teacher

03/09/2026

TEACHERS DON SUFFER FOR STUDENTS HAND.......

So there was this boy in my school that year. I will call him E. At that time, he was about 14 years of age in JSS 2 and was challenged. Even though his mother refused to agree that anything was wrong with her boy, everyone in the school knew otherwise.

At 14, he couldn't write down his own name or copy correctly from the board. Instead he wrote Japanese for the teachers to mark. Trust private schools, they were just promoting him to the next class year in year out till he got to that level.

So on this particular day, he was among those who were flogged for not doing their homework. The following day, the mum barged into the staff room demanding to see the teacher that flogged her son. Before we could count 1 to 5, 2 men in mufti were already leading my colleague out of the room. We later got to know that they were policemen.

After a few hours, my colleague returned back to school in the company of the Principal and the Proprietor. He was rebuked seriously for beating a child knowing what the school policy stated about the students' punishment.

Two days later, one of E's classmates came to the staff room to report what E told him. Apparently this boy bought a razor blade on his way home and inflicted injury on himself just to implicate the teacher. The matter weak me, for a child we all thought didn't have sense. The mother was contacted but not even an apology came from her.

Till I left that school, we turned the boy into a museum. Na look we dey look am o. If he likes, let him walk with his head and carry his legs up, no one cares. Nobody wants to sleep in the police custody.

PHOTO CREDIT: ChatGPT

01/09/2026

HONOUR IS A MAN'S SHIELD......

One of the attributes of God that we as His creatures possess is the demand for honour. Even though I am someone who doesn't really send when it comes to all these Mummy, Aunty, Sister titles, I still won't deny the fact that I hate to be treated like thrash.

Forget all these workplace cultures of "you can call me by my first name policy"
All Na wash. Tell me why some people seem to get favoured more than others in a work place. It is simple, they have learnt to give honour to whom honour is due thereby creating a space for themselves in the heart of such people.

I remembered I once worked in a setting where everybody calls each other by their first name. Even cleaner will look at her Oga and say Desmond, Good morning. Hian! As a cultured Yoruba girl trained by the best mother in the world, home training will not allow me to open my mouth to call anybody by their first name.

I created different types of titles; Mr., Madam, Aunty, Uncle, Oga, Boss, anything but not your first name. I carried that same culture to the time when I had to work in a location outside the office. I just discovered that doors opened for me easily. People that others complain of being rude or hard to get through will just open up to me easily.

Do you know that even these small children we are teaching desire to be honoured. Children of 6 years of age will be telling you I don't like the way the Janitor spoke to me. That means they also want to be treated with respect.

It is even worse with the teenagers, those ones are quick to show resentment once they discover you don't honour them. There was a time when some of my students came to report a colleague to me. They said they didn't like the way she shouts at them when she wants to correct them hence the reason why they are rebellious towards her. Well, I admonished them but I couldn't deny the fact that they had a point.

I remembered there was a time my husband wanted to get an accommodation and needed someone's approval. He got to know from a reliable source that the man in question likes it when people prostrate for him. My husband was like that is the easiest thing to do. He got to his office and laid down flat. Guess what? He got the accommodation. Maybe the man had other convictions, but you can't deny the fact that the act of honour softens his heart.

Are you still wondering why you have been missing out on certain favours? Maybe you have not been honouring the people you should. Both young and old need some level of emotional intelligence to survive in this world of ours. Don't be a stumbling block against yourself.

PHOTO CREDIT: Prof. Mummy Pastor Teacher Engr. Mrs Queen

31/08/2026

14 DAYS TO SCHOOL RESUMPTION!!!

Like play, like play the long holiday is coming to an end. See me saying I need to rest, sometimes I wake up and wonder why I am still in bed by 5 am 🤣

I missed school, let me not lie. If any of my former pupils see this now, they will laugh at me. I remembered saying I won't miss them. That wasn't true because I really do miss them.
Fortunately, I am meeting a new set of pupils and I am as anxious as they are.

Dear Parents, that season is here again. The pressure has started building up. School fees, back to school items, school runs and the likes. In the midst of all these, please find rest for your soul, problem no dey finish.

Let me share a few tips that have worked for me over the years.

- If you can afford it, try paying children's school fees earlier. Even if it means paying in installments. It reduces the September rush.

- Don't wait till September to get school bags, food flasks e.t.c, you can actually get them earlier at a cheaper rate at that.

- Don't let your children guilt trap you, you don't have to buy a new school bag or shoe if the old one is still fine. That money can be used for other important things.

- You can outsource some of the items you can't afford to buy. This is where being in good terms with neighbours and friends becomes helpful.

- Gradually let the children ease into the school routine. Wake them up by 5 am even when there is nothing to do.

- Start your prep talk NOW. Let them know your expectations and their responsibilities for the new session.

- Pray for your children. Pray about the new teacher, the new set of friends and everyone your child will be making contact with this new academic session. You have no idea the level of influence all these people have on your children.

- Pay attention to your children's health. Malaria treatment, deworming, multivitamins, immune booster etc.

- Start drawing out your schedule, budget and plan for the academic session. He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Let me stop here for now. See you soon!
Mummies and Daddies, eku owo lapo o. Happy School fees week in advance 🙏

PHOTO CREDIT: Iya laje of CRNPS ki yin o. She sells everything......

29/08/2026

PARENTS TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO PRAY......

One particular Thursday in my class, we were to pray before breaking our fast. Usually I will call out prayers and ask the children to pray. But this particular day, I decided to change the routine. I told them everybody was going to pray and I will just round off the prayers afterwards.

Initially some of them protested that it was some minutes until 12 pm and before 21 pupils finished praying, break time would be over. I didn't listen to them and started calling them one by one to pray.

Some of them prayed well, some prayed those their childish prayers, some prayed hurriedly because they wanted to eat. I was just observing them as I said amen to their prayers.

Then came my Pastor, the introduction of the prayer lasaan made me know that we are in for it today. At some point, his other classmates were already showing attitude in their responses to let him know it was time to round off. My boy no gree o, he continued his prayers, he even prayed for President Tinubu sef.

At this point, some of the children were sprawling on the floor, they couldn't even say amen again. So I tapped my pastor and asked him to round off. I called the other people that were left. Trust those ones, they prayed short short prayers. Then I concluded the prayers. Immediately I said let somebody shout hallelujah, some of them didn't even wait for me to land before dashing out to wash their hands 🤣🤣🤣

That incident revealed the true state of some of those children. Some of them actually don't know how to pray and I found that disturbing that a 10 year old cannot pray a simple prayer patterned after the Lord's prayer.

Then I came to the conclusion that it's either their parents don't pray at all or they don't pray with them because I remember that when my own children were going to start praying, they usually prayed exactly the way I or their dad prayed. As they grew up I taught them that there was no one way of praying. God is your father so you should be free to express yourself however you choose to.

Dear Parents, please don't leave learning how to pray to your children's teachers in school. It is your primary duty. Let them start by learning from you because children are great imitators.
Ire o!

PHOTO CREDIT: My Princesses

28/08/2026

THE RESPECT CULTURE!

Last week, the internet was hot because of the "Mr Elumelu" issue. I reshared that video on my status and a few people reached out to me stating reasons why the lady should not be totally blamed. I don hear una. But I have a more pressing issue.

My sisters have been drawing my attention to cases of people being rude and disrespectful in their DMs. I didn't really pay much attention to it until I experienced it too. Tell me why someone I don't know will come to my DM with hi, what's up, I just want us to be friends. Hian!, do you know me somewhere before?

That one didn't even pain me too much but you see in my line of work as a teacher, my eyes have seen too much. I keep wondering how our children turned out this way. You will see a child looking at you, eyeball to eyeball like this, yet cannot open his or her mouth to greet. Until you ask "can't you greet?"

Some in my class will rush after me as I am entering the class with a bucket load of reports until I have to shout "have you seen me today?" That is when they will remember to greet.

Some will even see you carrying loads all over your body, yet will walk past you until you scream "collect load from an elderly person eee"

Some will meet you on the staircase, instead of them to step aside and allow you to pass as the adult, they will rush towards you at full speed like they want to deliberately collide with you. Most of the time, I will have to say my friend, remain where you are and allow me to pass.

There was one that I haven't even recovered from the shock. This girl didn't do her homework. She didn't even come and report herself until she was fished out. I asked her, madam why didn't you do your homework? she said I don't have time.( You say what?) It's ok, madam why don't you have time, your children and husband are disturbing you right? She said no ma, I came back late from my Mum's office and by the time I came back there was no light to do the homework. Even my colleague that was in the class with me was shocked and screamed, ha! These children.....

I told her madam I will punish you but before then, let me list out your offences. You didn't do your work, yet you didn't deem it fit to report yourself, you were in your Mum's office till night yet homework wasn't part of your priority, you got home and there was no light yet you couldn't think of alternatives. By the time I was through, even madam was convinced that she deserved to be punished. In all of these, it was the audacity in which she was defending herself for me.

I remembered one of my colleagues told me they were taught in one children's teacher training that when a teenager walks past you without greeting, you should call him back and say " your excellency, good morning sir". Hnmmm, I don hear 😏

Sincerely, I have corrected and corrected so much that some days I don't even have the strength to shout so I will just face my front.

It wasn't like this while I was growing up. Please make una come to my aid. Which way forward ?

In all of these, I must acknowledge that some children have shown high level of respect and courtesy. The type that makes me question my own home training.

PHOTO CREDIT: My look when I see a disrespectful child.

21/08/2026

COME OUT CLEAN........

Being accountable is one characteristic I know a lot of us battle with. But the truth is that it saves you from a lot of trouble and gives you peace of mind.

Years back, while at the University, I discovered that my grades were really bad. I confided in a senior friend who had graduated from the same department that I was in. After telling him my CGPA and the number of carry overs I had then, he told me the plain truth "prepare your mind for an extra year." And if that happens, drop your project and do it in your extra year.

Armed with the information, I called my mum and explained the situation of things to her so she won't be caught unawares and start blaming village people. Thank God for her understanding. She encouraged me and prayed along with me.

Eventually, I was able to clear all my courses in my final year and so there was no need for an extra year but I was glad I took the steps I had taken earlier.

Also, I had a friend that we did Remedials (Pre-degree programme) together then. She didn't pass and was battling with whether to inform her parents or not. We encouraged her to tell them. What is the worst that can happen? She told them and they supported her as she did the programme again the following year. Eventually she graduated, a year after us but that doesn't even matter now.

Meanwhile, there was this other lady that didn't inform her parents of her failure. She kept collecting money from home deceiving them that she is progressing in her studies while she was just squatting around because she wasn't a student. I wondered how she ended the lie she had been living.

One time, when I was in a distance relationship with my fiance, I had this emotional attachment to a colleague at work. I didn't even see that anything was wrong for a long time until I realised I was towing the wrong path. I summoned the courage and confessed to my fiance. It was a tough one but I was glad I did because that put an end to the rubbish I was calling friendship then.

My friend, the lie of the devil is to hold you in bo***ge by making you live in secrecy. If you know you have done something wrong, come out clean, be accountable and seek help. Even if you have cheated on your partner, receive the grace to come out clean. That is the key to your freedom. John 8:36 says "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
Enjoy your freedom in Christ and don't allow yourself to be cheated.
See you around!

PHOTO CREDIT: Frigate, 2012
We surely don't look like what we have been through.

MEET WITH YOUR LOVER IN AN OPEN SPACE........A friend of mine was discussing with me one day while we were in the Univer...
20/08/2026

MEET WITH YOUR LOVER IN AN OPEN SPACE........

A friend of mine was discussing with me one day while we were in the University. She said she doesn't fancy relationships with all these "gim gim" brothers. Everytime Bible study, let us pray....
She wants a relationship where the romance is visible, you hold hands, visit fun places together e.t.c

I was nodding my head in agreement as I listened to her. I added my own contribution; I don't understand why these Deeper life people will be saying people in a relationship should be meeting in their pastor's house. What if they have private matters to discuss?

Then in one of our fellowship meetings, our guest speaker shared with us how God saved him from a serious situation. He was the fellowship President then and a sister invited him to her room to pray with her. She told him she wasn't feeling well. Papa, full of anointing carried his two legs to the sister's room ALONE. As soon as he entered, she shut the door, that was when he realised she had been pretending all along.

In his confusion, he just stood right in the middle of the room, unsure of what to do. If he shouted for help, they were going to ask him what he was doing alone with her in the room. He said he couldn't explain what really happened but he just knew that he grabbed the door, it opened and he ran as fast as his leg could carry him. He didn't stop until he got to his room.

After that story, I was still not convinced. I was still thinking that what is there? If the brother and sister are strong Christians, they cannot fall into temptation jor. By the time, I started my own relationship, I understood better that Konji does not respect anointing neither does it understand speaking in tongues. The only language it understands is to set boundaries and flee.

The incident that now set my brain very well was when I heard that a sister got pregnant. She and the brother involved were people I knew very well. People I respected so much that I can vouch for that haba, they can't do such a thing. Na there I learn the hard way. No wonder the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall".
Since that time, I joined the team " you must meet your lover in an open space"

Call it old school, call it doing too much. Yes, it's better than getting your fingers burnt. My fellowship President in my final year will always shout, "let me know if you are in a relationship", "bring your partner let me meet him/her", "you people should be careful", "brothers don't go and do deliverance for a sister alone". We will be looking at him like his own is too much. Not knowing that he knew what he was saying.

Sister Jane, Brother John, you have heard now. I know this is not the first time you are hearing this. I have joined my voice to remind you again. If you like, turn your coconut head to the other side. Sha don't let me hear " one thing led to another" because TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED!

PHOTO CREDIT: RCF Final Year Dinner, 2010

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