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Snap. Snap. Zip. Unzip. Shove. Squeeze. Sit. Squash. Zip again. That’s the sound of a student packing for college for the first time. This Slacker Mom is an open letter to those who are going off to study teaching. I am writing to you because I want ...

Dear Dr Nekia, I am a single mother who is finding it difficult to make ends meet sometimes. What makes it more stressful is that the father of my daughter gets angry and blames me when I cannot afford to supply all of our daughter’s needs. He do...

Valerie Pearman always dreamed of getting her writings published. Arianna Huffington’s recent visit to the Island inspired the 63-year-old to take it a step further. Mrs Pearman got in touch with Huffington Post, her online news and blog site, and p...

Here’s a pop quiz. Your child has lost their school sweater on the coldest day of the year, only weeks after recovering from walking pneumonia. Do you: A. Send them in a trendy Gap sweater. It’s navy blue, so it’s almost right, except for the huge l...

Dear Sir, “Oh my dear she’s pregnant. That’s so and so’s daughter; I remember when she was a baby herself. I’m shocked.” I’m sure we’ve all heard or made similar remarks regarding a young person in our life when we found out they were pregnant. I a...

No parent likes to see their child sick, but in Kim Pitcher’s case it was borderline traumatic. She went from doctor to doctor trying to find out what was wrong after she learnt her three-year-old daughter was bleeding internally. When that didn’t ...

When Malisa Butterfield took on a teenage foster daughter, she was quick to lay down the rules. “This is an honour roll house,” Ms Butterfield said. “My three older children were all honour roll students, and you will be one also.” The teenager rolle...

Fifty-eight ­— that’s how many pairs of shoes I have in my house. I don’t so much step out in these shoes, as step on them at 2am on the way to the bathroom. They all belong to Barbie and her 24 friends. Ironically, I only have about four pairs of s...

There’s a giant gulf between those who have children and those who don’t. You can see this in the way people without children often confuse babies with puppies. I call this Mistaken Puppy Syndrome (MPS). Here’s an example of MPS. A 20-something sees ...

Lashuntae Dill-Assing left high school on a wing and a prayer. Her dream was to further her education but she had been in foster care since she was six and had no idea how she could afford it. Cornerstone Foundation and HSBC Bank Bermuda provided th...

Mothers with post-partum depression, you are not alone. That’s the message behind Beyond Blue, a new support group organised by family charity MAMA. “No one talks about post-partum depression,” said group co-founder Angela Hovi, who herself experienc...

Shunna Muhammad has a busy life. She’s a mother of three with a full-time job who also runs her own business. As for her spare time? That’s when she helps a charity devoted to a cause that’s dear to her heart — the Bermuda Association for the Educat...