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It’s not easy having a large family. You are almost never alone. There are mountains of laundry, and always someone who needs to be driven somewhere. Fiona and Nicholas Dill have six children, as do Susan and Joseph Simmons — and neither couple woul...

Last year was shaping up to be a grim holiday season for Tamisha Smith. The 35-year-old was unemployed, relying on financial assistance and could not string together enough cash to provide her son, Jansen, then 11, with a proper Christmas. Then God ...

Kelly Hunt became passionate about social injustice at a young age. She was in boarding school at 13 volunteering in a soup kitchen, when she noticed most of the people in need were ethnic minorities. “I felt it was important to share that informatio...

Sex offenders are increasingly using social media to initiate contact and then groom their child victims, according to senior magistrate Juan Wolffe. Mr Wolffe says he has noticed a “worrying rise” in the number of Supreme and Magistrate cases involv...

Schools are doing their part to improve the health of their students but parents and businesses can do more, according to Marie Beach Johnson. The Healthy Schools co-ordinator said adults must support and model a healthy lifestyle, while businesses ...

Dear Dr Nekia, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy eight months ago, and I breastfeed. My baby’s father is very impatient with me because he thinks that I have breastfed our son long enough. I understand that breastfeeding can be a bit inco...

Kym Whitley has a lot to be thankful for. Four years ago she thought she was being pranked when she got a call saying her baby was waiting to be picked up from the hospital. She was 50. She hadn't given birth and wasn't considering adoption — motherh...

Garita Coddington has been the principal of Francis Patton Primary School since September 2010. Married with two children, she went to Alabama A&M University, where she obtained her master’s of education in chemistry and teacher certification. She al...

“Dozens” of children have been sent home from school because their parents cannot afford uniforms, according to Sheelagh Cooper of the Coalition for the Protection of Children. “Last week was a tough one for parents of school-aged children,” Ms Coope...

Hospital authorities are being urged to let fathers stay overnight with their partners on KEMH’s maternity ward before and after their babies are born. A new pilot programme lets dads and other partners stay to give support to mothers after their new...

Parents are being urged to talk to their children earlier about sex after a warning from health experts that they are starting to experiment at a younger age. Two girls between the ages of 10 and 14 contracted chlamydia last year, bringing to 13 the...

A new pilot scheme allowing fathers to stay overnight at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after their babies are born will benefit only those who can afford or are allotted a private room. Guidelines were quietly rolled out last month which allow ne...