So, some of us take exception to mainland visitors and their habits. A photo doing the rounds last week of a mainland child defecating on the floor of Kaohsiung airport in Taiwan said it all for...
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Young children's friends are the people they play with most. These children become familiar and predictable. Later, by four years of age, children start to select friends who match their...
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There are so many negative nicknames these days in Hong Kong - for both parents and children. There are tiger mums, but also helicopter parents, eagle fathers, and monster parents.
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When I was pregnant with our firstborn, my husband and I decided on a number of parenting guidelines. Some, like no smacking, were agreed upon without much needing to be said. Others needed to be...
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The thought of Hong Kong fighting teenage pregnancy by following New York's example of handing out morning-after birth control pills to high school girls as young as 14 is difficult to consider....
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Richard Burger suggests a sexual reawakening has long been under way on the mainland, with a rapidly altering sexual landscape filled with unmarried sexual partners, flourishing sex shops,...
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The Hong Kong Committee for Unicef applauds and commends the efforts made by Lisa Milliner as described in her letter ("Hospital out of touch on breastfeeding", August 24).
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Put on a brave face and drive off bullies
There are bullies in every school and the bullying victims we hear about are only the tip of the iceberg. We cannot imagine the actual...
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Terry Chan Wai-nok drew satisfaction from his work as a school administrator and enjoyed socialising with colleagues. But after his daughter, Tin-ching, was born last year, the 29-year-old began...
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Towards Forgiveness: Sino-Tasmanian Stories From Two Islands
by John Biggs
Ginninderra Press
Two islands, two centuries, and just under 200 pages of shared personal...
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