Sight-Seeing: Living with your parents – intentionally – can be life-giving
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article published by Religion News Service, says multi-generational living doesn’t have to mean living in the basement…
Ethiopian parents appeal for help to evacuate students stranded by Tigray war
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters The parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern region of Tigray on Friday appealed for help to evacuate them after the main university warned it could not feed them for much longer amid food and cash shortages. Mekelle University, which gets its budget from the Federal Government, […]
In Japan, foreign parents lead charge against child “abduction”
Tokyo, Japan Reuters A growing number of foreigners in Japan are speaking out against what they say is a little-known but entrenched system that allows one parent in a broken relationship to take away the children and block the other from visiting them. The issue of what media in Japan and overseas call parental child […]
Gentle
When I was four, I remember throwing a ball around the dining room. Something I knew was wrong. Hiding place? PICTURE: Elliott Stallion/Unsplash Well, I knocked over a vase in the middle of the table and it broke. “Oh no! What was I going to do?” Being an exceptionally intelligent and wily four-year-old, I hid where […]
Richest countries skimp on parental leave: UNICEF
New York City, US Thomson Reuters Foundation Some of the wealthiest nations in the world provide little or no government-supported maternity or paternity leave for new parents, a United Nations report said on Thursday. Using 2016 data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Eurostat and research articles, the study ranked 41 high and […]
Postcards: Rohingya refugee children’s campaign for protection from violence
A photo essay special from World Vision Australia looks at how Rohingya children in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, are involved in a campaign to have their rights to safety and protection recognised…
Parent trap
As parents, it’s easy to fall for the trap that some things are inevitable – for example, that our kids will experiment with drugs, smoke, drink alcohol, go crazy. PICTURE: Sandy Millar/Unsplash Because we think it’s inevitable we can give in before the battle has even begun. We can let them have a sip, turn a […]