When the 'jacket' squeezes
Last October, The Sunday Gleaner published a series of articles exploring the issue of 'jackets', not those of the sartorial type, but the children whose mothers have knowingly or unknowingly given them to the wrong 'fathers'.
Community parenting - Fighting odds, they find strength in each other
Akailia Brown was abandoned by her mother when she was born, left to the mercy of the elements in a by-lane. The little girl would have died if it was not for sisters Ruth and Loraine Lowe who took her into their house. The Lowe sisters, who have eight children...
Dealing with teens and depression
Many teens in Jamaica are faced with depression at some point in their lives, irrespective of their social status or background. According to Kathy Roberts, associate counselling psychologist at Family Life Ministries in Kingston, "as teens go through...
Discipline begins in the womb
MANY PEOPLE are of the view that the discipline of children begins in the womb, since children become what they hear at that stage. But, according to Dr Grace Kelly, chairperson of the Behavioural Sciences Department at the Northern Caribbean University, discipline...
Help me control my problem child
Q I am a concerned parent. I have a son who will turn nine in August, and it seems that I don't have any control over him whatsoever. He is falling back in class, he loves the road and no matter how much I try talking to or scolding him, it just does not seem to affect him...
4ever loved: Diary of the hird quadruplets - It's porridge time!
Monday, June 23: It's morning and all the babies except Gabrielle are sleeping. She is doing her leg exercise by bending her knees up and down while smiling and making sounds. Grandma tries combing her hair, but stops because Gabrielle...
My parents and me
This is another installment from the soon-to-be published book on parenting, by Dr Faith Linton and Dr Barry Davidson.Here is an exercise which you may find helpful as you look back at your childhood and try to assess your experience with your...
Death of 36-year-old man sparks protest
Ocho Rios, St Ann: THE FATAL shooting of a 36-year-old electrician by members of the security forces in Orange Hill, Brown's Town, St Ann, yesterday, sparked a major protest by residents in the town. The Brown's Town police were forced to call in reinforcement to control...
Nominees sought for NY independence awards
THE JAMAICAN communities in the tri-state areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are being invited to submit nominations for the Jamaica Independence Awards. Awards will be presented at this year's Grand Independence Ball, to be held on Saturday,...
15,000 to be trained for disaster preparedness - PM
PRIME MINISTER Bruce Golding has announced that a cadre of 150,000 young people from high schools across the island are to be trained to provide the appropriate response in the event of a disaster, or in its aftermath. He said the participants would...
Walking towards a bright future
Persons with disabilities have been making significant strides on the road to success. Two prime examples are Vivian 'Bruce' Blake and Susan Whilby, who are making positive contributions to Jamaica. Blake, who is blind, has been the administrative assistant at the Office...
Celebrating simple blessings
Two children were granted to me. I welcomed my first, Brian, on August 6, 1992. When I discovered I was pregnant, I hung up my helmet and put away my Harley Davidson. Anna-K entered our world some four years later. With her birth came the death of my marriage...
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