Two years of 'His Story'
His Story started out as a three-month project to tell the stories of the challenges, failures and successes of Jamaican men, with the objective of informing and educating readers. It became my baby son, who is now a two-year-old boy...

Jamaican musher completes 1,000-mile race
WESTERN BUREAU: In what is being described as a major coup in extreme sports, a former horseback-riding guide has become the first Jamaican and the first black man to take part in the gruelling Yukon Quest dog race in Alaska...

Jamaican gets prestigious award in field of epilepsy
Dr Amza Ali, founder and president of the Jamaican League Against Epilepsy and medical director of the Epilepsy Centre of Jamaica, has been recognised by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) for his work in the field of epilepsy in Jamaica...

Does my baby really need to have this?
If I were to buy only one of everything on the market for newborns, I'd need to rent a second house just to fit it all in. The trouble is, there are things that some parents find essential which I deem unnecessary. For example, the wipe warmer....

Helping with the household chores - Part 2 - Think responsibly, clean responsibly
Now that we've established the basic principles for involving the entire family in household chores, I'll move on to tasks that will give children more responsibility in the successful running of the home and in their lives...

After daughter hits dad, relations sour
Last Monday, we carried a story in our POSITIVE Parenting feature in which a bewildered father spoke of the bitter relationship between himself and his daughter. "She fights me," he said. "It's more than one or two times." This father has now thrown in the towel...

Talk to your daughter ... not at her
I went through the same thing with my father and we got into a beat-down, drag-out fight.From my own perspective, I was very angry and my father was pushing all the wrong buttons.Now that I am older, I realise that it was jealousy and his inadequacy...

Help me! My 16-y-o son is smoking!
Q. My son has taken up smoking. I cannot believe it! What do I do? He is only smoking cigarettes. I found one in his shirt pocket and he is 16 years of age! Help! Why is he doing this?