It’s not very often that an international consultant in child development and a noted parenting expert comes for a visit. The recent visit of Carrie Lupoli was thus rare and very welcome.
The numbers are alarming. According to the 2006 National Oral Health Survey, which looked into the health status of public elementary schoolchildren, 97.1 percent of six-year-old children suffered from tooth decay (dental caries). It was, therefore, a bit of a surprise when a dentist recently suggested that children might benefit from chewing gum.
A few years ago, while pregnant for the first time, I excitedly went to the baby section of the malls and online to check out items I would have to get for my baby girl—and I was shocked at all the items that I “needed!” How can such a tiny little person need so many things?
Pia Guanio would be the first to say that she never imagined herself becoming a mom. Having been in the limelight for a good decade—as mainstay host of noontime
Yoga often conjures images of tranquil students with eyes closed in deep meditation, or strong, lithe bodies in topsy-turvy poses—quite the opposite of what you would imagine when it
Two weeks ago, I was stunned to read on ABS-CBN’s website about a yaya who had been named and shamed for abusing a three-month-old child.
Mariel Uyquiengco and Sanne Unson remind me of those girls I would have loved to be friends with in college. They’re funny, friendly and passionate achievers, I can imagine study group sessions filled with lively conversations about anything and everything under the sun.
It’s so hard these days to meet the demands of your child for his or her birthday party. I remember a time when there were no birthday themes at all, and we would just have it in a fun place like McDonald’s or Shakey’s. If there were themes at all, it would be simple like a “Princess party,” or “Cowboys and Indians.”
Mommy (and daddy) blogs and bloggers are becoming a force to reckon with in the United States. They can compel multinational companies to pull out ads with a click of a mouse, and have annual three-day conferences that have sponsors scrambling for access to this prized group of consumers and endorsers.
I followed the traditional route to fatherhood by getting married and then siring two beautiful children. When my marriage ended, I ceased to be a husband but remained a father. You never let go of that.
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