Parenting

The Barking Lot Café is a haven for pet lovers

21 May 2013

Hebe, a black ball of fluff, looks up shyly through his Perspex enclosure. The puppy is a "prosecution case", meaning he was rescued from his former owner, who was later charged with animal abuse...

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Enterprising parents running start-ups from home

14 May 2013

Greg Stockdale and his wife Julie consider themselves fortunate parents. They get to have regular meals with their two-year-old daughter Kelly, and take her to the park and swimming pool almost...

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Sisters score hit with the mother of all Gangnam parodies, Harilela-style

7 May 2013

Sherina Utamchandani and Hersha Chellaram's Mama Style - their take on South Korean pop sensation Psy's megahit - has received 12,500 views on YouTube in less than a week.

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Pay it forward: Raising children who are 'bucket fillers'

7 May 2013

March was volunteer month in my family. It started with flag day, standing outside a shopping centre in Causeway Bay, soliciting donations for the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation.

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Hong Kong kids need to learn self-care skills

7 May 2013

It's Friday afternoon and the hall at Renaissance College in Ma On Shan is packed with about 250 domestic helpers.

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Hong Kong's brat pack needs good parenting

1 May 2013

My worst nightmare as a parent is that my children are spoiled and self-centred. To me, being kind and considerate trumps being successful. If, in 15 years, my children turn out to be mean and...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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There's no substitute for hands-on parenting

Vincy and Franco have three children, who are all doing well in school. But the couple have always found it difficult to discipline their children, and say the youngsters are increasingly out of...

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Findings on antisocial children raise red flag for parents

Are we in danger of raising a generation of narcissists and spoiled brats? A new study by City University social scientist Annis Fung Lai-chu has caused alarm.

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Short Science, April 21, 2013

One of the world's most popular aquarium fishes has joined the rat, the mouse, fruit fly and nematode worm in the roll call of creatures whose DNA has been sequenced to help fight disease among...

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SOCIETY

Spate of murder cases shocks Hong Kong: 'What has the world come to?'

Three grisly murder cases in as many days have sent chills through the city, which has one of the lowest rates of homicide in the world - which last year saw just 27 murder investigations.

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How to talk to your kids about sex

I recently joined a good friend and her 18-year-old son for Sunday brunch. In the middle of the meal, her son began telling us about a girl he'd met. "We're sleeping together," he announced. We...

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Using technology to manage divorce

I commend you for publishing details on how technology can help co-parenting within divorced or separated families for the benefit of the children involved. The article cites Google Calendar,...

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