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Between school supplies, extra-curricular activities and weekend entertainment, family life can get expensive fast. Fortunately, there are many resources out there offering free or affordable fun, as well as financial support. Here are a few that can help you raise ...

By Shu-Fang Shih and Olivia Killeen Guest Contributors The coronavirus pandemic is remaking the way children learn, and it could have an impact on their eyes. With schools shifting to online lessons at home, children are spending more time in front of ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 30, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago students will sit examinations, set by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), in July, Education Minister, Anthony Garcia, confirmed yesterday. He told a virtual news conference ...

By Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett and Steven Howard Guest Contributors With governments around the world asking their citizens to avoid places, activities and gatherings to save lives, this just might be the largest ever international effort to self-regulate our actions against competing desires ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist It is now apparent that all aspects of our daily lives have been, and are being, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world. And education is also feeling the change. Students, parents and teachers ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Mother’s Day, this year, has entered its second century, since its inception, 106 years ago. Yet, most people have yet to find its true meaning. There are many, who hold the belief that Mother’s Day ...

By Melanie Soderstrom and Michael C. Frank Guest Contributors Has anyone ever told you: “Don’t baby talk to your baby?” Parents of young infants often tell us that they have heard this advice from friends, family and even health care professionals. As ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist The closure of schools, stores, churches, social gathering places, offices, bars and cinemas, near and afar, have devastated the social engagement of adults. Consider the impact on youths, teens and young adults, who thrive on ...

By Wendy Grolnick Guest Contributor Parents have always helped with homework and made sure their children fulfill responsibilities like chores, but the extended and often unstructured time families are spending together during the current crisis creates new challenges. After a disaster ...

By Christine McLean Guest Contributor Now that we’re spending so much time at home, I predict that it won’t be just our houseplants and pets that will thrive. Upending the tightly scheduled days of parents and children has provided more time ...