At a time of rising food prices, you may be daunted at the thought of preparing tasty, healthy meals on a limited budget. However, as responsible parents, you will have to be creative and make interesting combination of foods to
Q: I did major surgery recently and my son, who has never wet his bed, started doing so. During my stay in hospital, he thought I would not return. How do I deal with a child who has regressed because
The role of formal education in the transformation of the social and economic conditions of the majority of the Jamaican citizenry has been demonstrated daily over our long journey from the slave plantation to contemporary times. The notion that education
The National Parent-Teachers' Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ), formed in 2006, serves as the islandwide organisation which facilitates partnerships and interaction among parents, teachers and the school community. Sylvester Anderson, who has been president of the NPTAJ...
SHE WAS only 10 years old when she died, but Stacey-Ann Clarke lived long enough to make an impression on her teachers and peers at the Seaview Gardens Primary School, St Andrew, as well as residents of the community where
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER of Police Mark Shields yesterday said the police were hot on the trail of the gunmen who killed two constables - Cornell Grant and Delano Lawrence - in Trench Town, west Kingston, last Friday. "We have some strong
POOR ATTENDANCE continues to plague parent-teachers' association (PTA) meetings in schools across the island. Some parents do not even bother to visit schools to collect their children's academic reports. The executive members of the National Parent-Teachers'...
JAMAICA'S CHILDREN are paying a hefty price despite the high levels of remittances the country has seen over the years, as local family life continues to reel under the effects of migration. While remittances have a positive financial impact on
WITH SEVERAL reports of adolescents displaying deviant behaviour on their way to and from school, the question of how parents can keep an eye on their children during this time has come to the fore. In March, a feud between
