Guest column: David Lawrence, Jr. ... Early childhood education can't be mere baby-sitting
Question: If your teacher tells you that 90 percent of your exam will be on the first five chapters of the textbook, do you spend an equal amount of your time reading chapters six, seven and eight? Or do you focus — invest more of your resources — on learning and understanding those first few chapters?
Helping your parents stay out of the nursing home
Aging parents and their children sometimes disagree over the issues of safety versus independent living. Here are steps you can take to make your parents' home safer.
Lee family adjusts to life after fire
Nearly a month after a fast-moving midday fire destroyed Dan and Peggy Lee's home on Fawn Lane, the family is still shocked by the loss of the home they lived in for nearly three decades, but they are even more shocked — and grateful — by the outpouring of support that they've received from the community. "I think this story is more about the town of New Canaan, and what everyone has done," Dan ...
Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms
( Wiley-Blackwell ) Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display symptoms. Researchers who studied 2,510 children found a strong association between reported physical abuse and three or more psychosomatic symptoms. The ...
Discover Makes 5-Year, $10 Million Investment to Get Financial Education into Schools
Discover Financial Services announced today that it is making a five-year, $10 million investment to get financial education curriculum into public high schools across the country.
Life of a visionary: Lloyd Morrison
The death of Wellington businessman Lloyd Morrison at the age of 54 has robbed New Zealand of one of its business leaders and singular characters.Morrison, the founder of infrastructure investment company Infratil, died of leukaemia.He...