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As Bermuda continues the struggle to regain its economic footing in a world where competition has become ferocious in the quest to gain a piece of the global financial pie, focus could easily shift from issues such as raising children to become posit...

Feeding children healthy food need not be difficult, even if they are picky eaters. Health coach April Godfrey tells clients that being prepared is key. The 40-year-old teaches healthy habits to families based on her studies at New York’s Institute...

It must suck to be an alpha mom. That is what I thought when my friend tearfully told me she had a 20-minute row with her daughter over clothing. “She has a closet full of clothes and this week she wore the same thing twice,” said my friend in a whis...

Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom. It never fails; you can wait 20 minutes for a meal, and when it arrives kiddie wants to go to the bathroom. I haven’t had a hot meal in a restaurant since the day she was born. I take a frantic bite and pretend n...

Janita (Burke) Bean was inundated with baby clothes after her daughter McKenzie was born. The items poured in from family and friends 21 months ago; Mrs Bean struggled to utilise everything before she outgrew them. She eventually came up with an id...

You’re just using me to win stuff. That’s what my daughter said the first time I suggested she enter an art competition. She was six. She was spending every waking minute cutting, drawing and taping together weird objects — wool, a pencil and Barbie’...

If a nanny is happy, nine times out of ten the children they care for will be as well. That’s the word from Calvina Simons, the founder of the Nanny Network of Bermuda. The 31-year-old launched the organisation back in 2013 with the aim of providin...

Summer is generally thought of as a time for outdoor fun and adventure, a time to enter the spirit of enjoying many of the natural amenities this beautiful island has to offer; and that is always a good thing. However, there must be a realistic appr...

Dear Sir, “What is in the best interest of the child?” This phrase is repeated so often in family court and by lawyers. It is surely the guiding principle of all our dealings as parents, so what goes so terribly wrong? I write from the perspective o...

That thing that happens when your child passes an entire summer without picking up a book has an actual name. The Bermuda National Library calls it the “summer slide” and recommends their reading challenge as the perfect antidote. Local children who ...

Sensitivity is paramount when dealing with the loaded issue of contraception in Bermuda, according to activist Lynne Winfield. Ms Winfield spoke in the wake of the Coalition for the Protection of Children launching an advertising campaign for its pro...

Advertisements promoting family planning, and reminding would-be parents of the burden of responsibility entailed in child-rearing, have begun broadcasting courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of Children. Based on “the reality of life in Ber...