The man who jumped from KPH
When I heard it on the midday news two Fridays ago, I was a bit shaken up, for I had seen it coming. But, it was the dramatic footage on TVJ, of Wayne 'Selassie' Saunders jumping from a third-floor window at Kingston Public Hospital that sent chills up my spine...
From yucky to yummy - Learning to feed picky eaters
Parents may face great difficulty in feeding children who are picky eaters. Picky eaters will push foods aside with the condemnatory comment, 'YUCK!' or 'I am not eating that!' Common excuses for refusing foods include stomach ache, difficulty in swallowing and feeling full.
A 15-year-old's views - It takes a village to raise a child
It takes a village to raise a child Did you benefit from communal parenting? Do you have fond memories of virtually everyone in a village or district encouraging, praising or punishing you when you were growing up.
Having problems with your children?
Q. I have a two-year-old who, whenever he doesn't get his way, he throws everything on the ground - the books from the shelf and so on, and he hits his smaller brother too. My first instinct is to slap him and most times I yell at him for him.
Angle on Parenting
In this segment of POSITIVE Parenting, we allow the experts to offer their views and solutions. Today, and over the next couple of weeks, we take material from work by educator Dr Faith Linton and psychologist Dr Barry Davidson that is soon to be published ....
Parents urged to rule home with strength, compassion
A number of stakeholders in child management have argued that too many parents have lost control in the home and are not exerting enough pressure to enforce compliance with rules. Doret Crawford, coordinator at the parent training institution, Coalition for Better Parenting...
American Int'l shows the way - School set to advance education using technology
If things go as planned, come August next year, over 200 students of the American International School of Kingston (AISK) will have a new state-of-the-art technologically advanced school building. The new AISK building will be the first school in the Caribbean...
Picture this
Got great snapshots of events you want published? Email them to editorial@gleanerjm.com or post to The Gleaner Company, 7 North Street, Kingston....
Time warp
The Rodney riots - The 1960s was a tumultuous period in United States and Caribbean history. Hippies, the sex revolution, Black Power and the Civil Rights movement, anti-war sentiment, it was a time of passion and principle...
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