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Learning. One of the challenges with education today is that it is very structured, standardised, and seemingly focused on turning out students who memorise well and are filled with facts. In our new world of rapid communication and access to informa...

Dear Carla: I have a three-year old child. The father and I are not together anymore, and he has not been in our child’s life like I feel he should be. Over the past few months the child has been acting out in school. Recently, I agreed that our chil...

Dear Carla: I’ve recently turned 29. I’m not married and I don’t have any kids. I’m struggling to take care of myself right now but I keep wondering if I am ever going to find Mr Right? I live in the hood and the men here just seem to be about wantin...

Communication. One of our biggest challenges is developing great communication skills. The art of good communication is critical to having everyone understand the issues, the potential solutions, and the actions that are required for effective change...

Dear Carla, It is not unusual for schools to limit the number of attendees for each student for their graduation ceremony. In a situation where one parent and their family are the support system for the child and the other parent has never attended a...

Teamwork. In the past few weeks and starting last week with the World Cup we are seeing very clearly how great teamwork makes the big difference! Whether it is the LA Kings in hockey, the Spurs in the NBA, and the World Cup it is apparent then when ...

Dear Carla: How do you deal with an older sibling who is living with you and is being a freeloader, cocky, arrogant and saucy at the same time? You don’t want to kick them out because you don’t want to deal with the rest of the family who will just l...

Status Quo has been around forever it seems. In the Army Now was their big hit I remember, at a time when I thought leg warmers would always be a fashion norm, John Travolta would be the only man I ever loved, and nothing could be cooler than the Har...

Dear Carla: I am with a man who is overly suspicious of every little thing I do, but expects me to believe every excuse he gives no matter how ridiculous it is. I will give you an example. One day at work on my break, I left my job and went out to ge...