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Dear Sir, With society’s concern regarding child poverty in Bermuda and with its driving force on welfare dependency, therefore, it is vitally important to educate families, for a better community. Similarly in the United States, it’s a national conc...

Question: I recently saw the story of the bullied school bus monitor on the news. Some middle school boys said hateful things to a 68-year-old widow and reduced her to tears, while a student recorded it on his cellphone. Why would anyone feel free to...

May 16, 2012 Dear Sir, Thank you for allowing me space to write an open letter to the mother or child caregiver who swore at my ten-year-old son today while he was playing at the Shelly Bay playground. During a game of “tag” with several of the child...

If you spend a lot of time talking to your teenagers through a locked bedroom door or trying to make yourself heard through a set of ear phones, don’t despair. Pride Bermuda is offering parenting life skills that will cross even the iPod divide. The...

Q: My daughter starts her schoolwork very slowly in the evening, and then later she feels she can’t complete it in time. She repeats this every day. What could be the reason? Thank you. A: There’s no doubt that your daughter prefers her recreational ...

Motivational speaker Alfred Powell says he is extremely concerned about how Bermuda’s social problems are impacting the Island, and he warns parents to act before it is too late. After speaking to students at Berkeley and CedarBridge high schools on...

Not a parent’s fault December 16, 2011 Dear Sir, Allow me to address this false statement by saying, a parent can only teach a child so much. If the parent teaches a child wrong, the child will grow up wrong. If you teach the child right, hopefully h...

Christine is the mother of a daughter diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was three-years-old. She admits she is frustrated. Her daughter who is now aged 22 along with many other adults with special needs has limited access to support services, li...