Parenting
Shall I let baby chew on crib?
01/10/2007
AFTER much deliberation and comparative shopping, we decided on a white, wooden crib for the baby. It's been...
Beginner drivers in need of practice, parental guidelines
01/10/2007
PATTY TUCKER knows exactly what the safety experts are talking about: teenagers are at higher risk than other drivers....
Technology has teens and parents talking
01/10/2007
THE family meal may be threatened with extinction but "high-tech" parents are now communicating much better...
And the questions come thick and fast
01/10/2007
LAST weekend at a dinner party, a two-year-old named Auggie, whose parents had not, in the end, found a sitter,...
Hezbollah marks 'victory' over Israel
13/08/2007
LEBANON'S Shi'ite group Hezbollah celebrates this week the anniversary of its "divine victory" in its war with Israel,...
Fast food ads banned on Malaysian children's TV
25/06/2007
MALAYSIA'S Cabinet has decided to ban fast food commercials on children's television programmes, said the Malaysian...
German schools reel under unprecedented violence
25/06/2007
VIOLENCE at schools in immigrant-dominated districts of Berlin has soared in recent months, with the opposition...
'Taco Bell High' or 'Wal-mart Public School' soon in Canada?
25/06/2007
CANADIAN students could soon be graduating from "Taco Bell High" or "Wal-Mart Public School" if...
Forward to the past: Classical UK schooling
25/06/2007
THE decision to place a child in an independent school in the UK is not one to be taken lightly. With fees for a day...
In US classrooms, focus on quieting the mind
18/06/2007
THE lesson began with the striking of a Tibetan singing bowl to induce mindful awareness. With the sound of their new...

