A day or two after Barack Obama had been sworn in at the White House, I tuned in to Oprah one afternoon and saw that they featured a tribute of sort for Rev. Martin Luther King, the famous black preacher who gave the "I Have A Dream" speech, aptly titled "The Dream Lives: A Martin […]
Twin Children Found Dead in Cot, Parents Taken in as Murder Suspects
A couple may likely be charged for "failing to provide the necessities in life" and it may be upgraded to murder or manslaughter after the decomposing bodies of their 18-month-old twins were found inside the front room of their rented Sunnybank house in Brisbane last Monday. Authorities found out that the children, a boy and a girl, had […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF BILINGUALISM(EVEN IF YOU’RE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY)
It’s an obvious fact that language plays an important role in our daily lives.Without knowledge about the very common words & sentences of the country we lived in since birth,no one will ever listen to or understand us.Everything had its equivalent in either written or spoken words & different countries,with the diversities in the dialects they speak […]
ONLINE FRIENDSHIPS:THE PROS &; CONS
This is indeed the generation of electronic communication,where distances can now be bridged not just by our usual snail mails & the telephone but also with a lot of other technological breakthroughs like the CB radio,fax machine, computer & mobile phone,& almost every year there are significant upgrades to these modern devices plus the introduction of […]
FAMILY SERVICES:DO THEY REALLY HELP??
So much had been heard about so-called welfare services in some Western countries,& sadly,more often than not,we normally hear about horror stories of children being taken away from their families,of fathers being unlawfully accused of abuse & of mothers being seen as "mentally ill" & "unfit to parent kids" by these group of people. In […]
FOOD ADDTIVES,DRUGS &; THE ADHD DIAGNOSED CHILDREN
Well,our old folks in the Philippines would normally say,"malikot na bata"(fidgety kid)" whenever they see a hyper active kid.And kids like them were kept busy with lots of playtime using simple toys,being asked to help Mum & dad with whatever they’re doing or just be allowed to run around in their backyard or at the nearby […]