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Whenever my in-laws tried to take my daughter fishing this summer it bucketed with rain. She eventually solved the problem herself by fishing one of the guppies out of my parents’ fish pond with her bare hands. I discovered its little guppy head squ...

“Dogs are just like children, you have to give them a firm hand and lots of discipline,” the store lady said. She looked pointedly at the two children giggling loudly behind me. This was day four of a weeklong vacation with my eight-year-old daughte...

Kaiya Richards ran out of money a year into her studies abroad. It was a huge setback but she returned to the Island determined she’d find a way to fulfil her goal of becoming an animal behaviour specialist. Two years later she’s still short of cash ...

Community Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin this afternoon clarified that a newly announced co-parenting council will carry out oversight functions, not directly mediate disputes. In a statement, Ms Gordon Pamplin said the Co-Parenting Mediation Counc...

One of the hardest moments in Nikia Augustus’s life was watching her young sons grapple with the death of their father. Kian and Kaya were 10 and 16 years old respectively, when Randall Ian Thompson died because of complications from diabetes in 201...

A council overseeing mediators for a new co-parenting regime, aimed at helping separating parents come to an amicable compromise over their children, comes into effect today. The move was applauded by the Coalition for the Protection of Children, whi...

As Bermuda continues the struggle to regain its economic footing in a world where competition has become ferocious in the quest to gain a piece of the global financial pie, focus could easily shift from issues such as raising children to become posit...

Feeding children healthy food need not be difficult, even if they are picky eaters. Health coach April Godfrey tells clients that being prepared is key. The 40-year-old teaches healthy habits to families based on her studies at New York’s Institute...

It must suck to be an alpha mom. That is what I thought when my friend tearfully told me she had a 20-minute row with her daughter over clothing. “She has a closet full of clothes and this week she wore the same thing twice,” said my friend in a whis...

Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom. It never fails; you can wait 20 minutes for a meal, and when it arrives kiddie wants to go to the bathroom. I haven’t had a hot meal in a restaurant since the day she was born. I take a frantic bite and pretend n...

Janita (Burke) Bean was inundated with baby clothes after her daughter McKenzie was born. The items poured in from family and friends 21 months ago; Mrs Bean struggled to utilise everything before she outgrew them. She eventually came up with an id...

You’re just using me to win stuff. That’s what my daughter said the first time I suggested she enter an art competition. She was six. She was spending every waking minute cutting, drawing and taping together weird objects — wool, a pencil and Barbie’...