Cohabitation and pre-marital sex are becoming increasingly common and acceptable in today’s society.

Children between the ages of seven and twelve are able to appreciate and evaluate values such as honesty, courtesy and fair-play. In fact they have an extremely sensitive reaction to what is fair and acceptable.

ABSTINENCE is not the “in” word nowadays. “Safe sex” is. The general thinking is that it is difficult, almost impossible, to teach today’s youth to abstain from pre-marital sex.

This is the second of a series of articles on the Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation (KDSF)

The first in a series of articles on Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation

What do we do as parents when our little girls (or boys) are in a bad mood? Do we leave them alone until they come out of it?

Let us not be too quick to label every active child as ADHD, but let us be aware and informed, so that we can identify if a child is suffering from such syndrome.

Here’s what Dr James Dobson has to say about healthy relationships built on “Tough Love”.

It’s easier to measure the physical well-being of a child than his psychological or emotional well-being. There are weight and height charts for us parents to gauge how our child fare compared to the average child.

Educators, sociologist and psychologists have debated this topic for decades with varying emphasis. Most parents today are convinced that if they provide as many opportunities as possible for the child, they have done their duty and their children are destined to become "success stories." But this may not be as simple as it seems.