In just a few days, my newborn, Santiago, will be a month old. As I look back on the last four weeks and how it has turned my life wonderfully upside down again, I’m amazed at so many things I am realizing, learning or rediscovering all over again.
Dear Emily, I got married when I was stupid and very young, and am single again. I was not...
Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman on Saturday urged those wishing to adopt a child to do it “the right way” by going through the legal adoption or court petition process.
Breastfeeding advocates recently opposed the passage of a proposed measure they referred as “monster bill,” which was said would only propagate the interest of multinational milk companies.
A proposed law advancing a policy of “sparing the rod” has been approved by the committee on children’s welfare in the House of Representatives.
They say death or bad news comes in threes. Lately I’ve been inclined to believe this, as there have been too many untoward incidents occurring in the country. Sometimes I wonder if there has always been this much violence and death around us—or has respect for life and humanity reached a new record low?
“It was like magic,” Ludy de Guzman described the procedure her 16-month-old daughters Jerrylyn and...
A family life and child development expert is sharing this valuable insight to next-generation mothers: They should be well informed if they want their children to be protected.
‘Mama, why did you cut off your bird?” asked my 5-year-old Jack. After the laughter died down and an age-appropriate explanation for why I didn’t have a penis was given, I realized it was time to educate my son beyond the cutesy names for body parts.
A family with two toddlers boarded a Manila-bound bus from Baguio recently. The toddlers spent the entire six-hour trip screaming, screeching, hollering, crying and fighting.
