#50PlusDad
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Parenting Is About Values and Numbers: Why Raising Powerful Children Is Our Urgent Assignment
Somebody recently asked me why I call myself #50PlusDad. He didn’t wait for an answer before assuming it was just…
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Children Come with a Parenting Manual and I Use It …Why I Reject the Trial-and-Error Mindset and Choose Purposeful, Value-Driven Parenting
One of the most painful things I was robbed of in childhood was my curiosity. Abuse didn’t just silence my…
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Dreadlocks, Money, and Power: Challenging Global Norms in Leadership Grooming
I came across a message on YouTube that suggested that if you, especially as a man, wear dreadlocks, you have…
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FATHER’S WEEK: From Disruption to Divine Assignment
Last week reminded me of a timeless truth: Life is not defined by certainty. Because in this world, certainty is…
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“Boundaries Are Not Barriers: A Father’s Creed for Raising Children in a World of Limits”
At 55, raising a 3-year-old for the first time, I have come to see that some of the deepest parenting…
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Bí orí kàn sán: How My Grandmother’s Proverbial Goat Taught Me Stewardship for Life
The older I get, and the more I reflect on the traits that define who I am and who I’m…
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A Turning Point: How One Law School Experience Changed My Worldview
As I reflect on my journey through life, particularly at 55 years old, I realize that there are key principles…
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Disruption! The Life to Which We Are All Called
Text: Kò ì dé là rá ò gbà. “You don’t know how strong you are until being strong is the…
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PASTOR TAIWO ODUKOYA, IN HONOUR OF A GENERAL: A Father Remembered, A Legacy Eternal
Today, June 15, 2025, would have marked the 69th birthday of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, my father in the Lord, my…
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Not So, My Son: A Father’s Honest Reflection on Nigeria’s Democracy On ‘Democracy Day’
On a day that has been dubbed Democracy Day, June 12 in Nigeria, I find myself unable to join in…
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