Top-Notch Chess Games

03/06/2026

A child's report card is a snapshot, not a definition.

As a Professional Counsellor, I often remind parents that academic grades reveal performance, but do not reveal the whole child.

📌 They do not measure resilience.
📌 They do not measure character.
📌 They do not measure emotional growth.
📌 They do not measure kindness, courage, or determination.

Let's raise children who know they are valued not only for what they achieve, but for who they are becoming.

When children feel accepted beyond their results, they develop the confidence to learn, grow, and thrive.

✅️ Growth over grades ✅️Progress over perfection ✅️Becoming over-proving.

~Lauretta Iyasele
Family & Adolescent Counsellor

27/05/2026

20/05/2026

Good parenting is not about removing every struggle from a child’s life. It is about teaching them how to face life’s challenges without losing themselves in the process.

Children will experience failure, disappointment, pressure, rejection, and difficult moments.

Parents cannot fight every battle for them, but they can prepare them with resilience, wisdom, confidence, emotional strength, and the assurance that they are never alone.

Sometimes, the greatest gift a parent can give is not constant rescue, but guidance, support, healthy correction, and the belief that their child is capable of overcoming challenges.

Strong children are not raised by avoiding every storm for them, but by teaching them how to walk through storms with courage and self-worth intact.

Parenting is not perfection. Parenting is preparation.

Lauretta Iyasele
Family & Adolescent Counsellor

12/05/2026

Words are powerful.

Many children now use trendy words and phrases with friends without knowing the effect they can have.

Statements like “You’re mad!” or “I’ll beat you up!” may sound funny to them, but repeated negative words can encourage disrespect and hurt others emotionally.

Let's guide our children to speak with kindness and respect.

Trendy words should never replace healthy communication.

Lauretta Iyasele
Family & Adolescent Counsellor

15/04/2026

Our medalists🏆🏅🥈🥉🥁🎉

15/04/2026

It was a very remarkable outing at Top-Notch Chess Tournament 007 last week Saturday

We celebrate the effort, growth, and achievements of every player.

Every player showed up and showed out

Huge thanks to our sponsors and the arbitration team for very succesful one!

Happy me🎊💃

02/04/2026

Alhaja IA Amisu
International Arbiter & Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) Board member address during our 005 Chess Tournament editing.