'Buckra massa pickney' (brawta)
Enrico Stennett, a privileged half-black Jamaican youth, and two friends, stowed away to England, where he thought he belonged, on the SS Empire Windrush. When they gave themselves up on board, the ship captain was upset. He put them to work, but was very kind to them....

My three-year-old does not want to share
Q How do I get my three-year-old to share at home? He shares at school, but everything at home belongs to him; he even asks why we are in HIS house. He has no sibling, but we share with him so I don't understand why he won't share ...

Parenting centre for Jamaican men
If Fathers Incorporated has its way, Jamaican men will next year have their own resource centre to help them improve their capacity to be better parents.Spokesperson for Fathers Inc, Herbert Gayle, said the organisation was now raising funds to make the...

Dr Noel Smith Williams: father, mother to his children
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Noel Smith Williams is known to many in Montego Bay as an educator and a disciplinarian, but they may not know that he fathered, and 'mothered', his four children from a tender age."I did not want to take any chances with my children...

Blind legislators
The members of the House of Representatives, who last Tuesday blindly rubberstamped the Dairy Development Board Act, owe the country an explanation. Why didn't the learned legislators consider the bill, which inexplicably was not even before them, before...

What is your style of parenting?
Most parents want to raise a child who is able to maximise his/her potential, is socially competent, self-reliant and who resists peer pressure. What kind of parent would you need to be, or what style of parenting would you need to adopt to increase the probability...

Honesty pays
Western Bureau: Seventeen-year-old Oshane Warren was unaware that being honest would eventually have its rewards. But two Wednesdays ago, the National Commercial Bank Foundation rewarded his deeds with a cheque for $61,600...