Parenting & Child Development
Parents keep baby's sex a secret, seek to raise 'genderless' child
“So it’s a boy, right?” a neighbour calls out as Kathy Witterick walks by, her four month old baby, Storm, strapped to her chest in a carrier. Each week the woman asks the same question about the baby with the squishy cheeks and feathery blond hai...
Chinese Mothers…in Hong Kong
An essay titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” — written by Chinese-American Amy Chua and published last Saturday in The Wall Street Journal — stoked strong emotions and struck a special nerve here in Hong Kong. The story even drew a response ...
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School, an author and, as of last week, one of the most talked-about mothers in the world. On Jan. 8, the Wall Street Journal published an essay she wrote headlined "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," in which s...
Raising Children in Hong Kong
I am not surprised to see the results of the survey conducted by HSBC on raising children in Hong Kong. The city is ranked 11th out of 14 cities in terms of suitability for raising children and the survey involved 2,155 respondents/expats coming f...
Are you an overprotective parent?
In case we thought it was a typically Indian trait, a report from the UK says that urban parents are "wrapping up their kids in cotton wool." This means that kids are being overprotected and turned into wimps. A study by the Children's Society, fo...
Excited family leaves toddler at airport
A Filipino family immigrating to Canada was so excited at a flight stopover in Vancouver, they left behind an 18-month-old toddler.
Father of Malawian boy backs Madonna adoption bid
LIPUNGA, Malawi (Reuters) - The father of a Malawian child that Madonna wants to adopt said on Monday he supported her case but wanted the U.S. popstar to bring his boy home for visits.