Sheldon Osborne | December 31, 2009 | Education
Blows as an educational tool
Sparing the rod, apparently, is not a policy in the Caribbean as UN studies find rampant child abuse.
Disturbing new data released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveal that Caribbean children and teenagers under 18 suffer daily physical or psychological abuse, [...]
Josanne Cox | April 17, 2009 | Education
Flogging and sexual impulses
When people speak about ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ I could tell you that you wouldn’t find that particular quote anywhere in the book they say they are citing it from: the Bible.
TNT Insider Staff | March 25, 2009 | Education
Max laments cyber society
Nowadays, people hardly speak to one another and some of us, like many of our children, are losing, if they have not already lost, the art of communication.