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The Best Stories Under the Sun

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The Best Stories Under the Sun…New Series Of Storytelling Events In Antigua For 2012

Written by Justin Mewse

Mungo Picture Book Pirates

Some of the UK’s top children’s illustrators and storytellers from Puffin will be heading to St James’s Club, Antigua this summer to host a new series of events for young holidaymakers.

As well as live drawing, readings and quizzes, the sessions will involve mermaid mask-making, junk sea-monster modelling and other activities all designed to bring stories to life. Continue reading →

Fools ask Questions to be Made Wise – Where are the Enquiring Minds of the Caribbean?

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By Russell Williams

The title statement was a phrase I learned for the first time having moved to St. Kitts-Nevis. Without wanting to insult the person asking the question the saying makes complete sense as to the purpose of asking questions, yet after 11 years in the region I am left wondering if many people actually understand how crucial the statement is to learning and our development. Continue reading →

LIFELINES

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STRESS HELP FOR SINGLE MOMS ‘ON THE GO’!

BY Mrs J Woodley

“LifeLines is a monthly column dedicated to addressing issues of mental, behavioural, and social health. The column appears on the 1st weekend of the month, and is written by professionals in the field of social work, mental health, and community medicine”.

Motherhood can be challenging at times, and even more so for single mothers who balance the daily responsibilities of parenting alone. When personal, work, and family obligations are added to the mix, mothers can feel ‘out of control’, and may become physically or emotionally sick or take out their frustrations on those around them. Continue reading →

Promoting Assertiveness in Children

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LIFELINES

“LifeLines is a monthly column dedicated to addressing issues of mental, behavioural, and social health. The column appears on the 1st weekend of the month, and is written by professionals in the field of social work, mental health, and community medicine”.

By Michele de la Coudray-Blake

Assertiveness, which describes a firm, non-threatening and non-abusive approach to articulating what is right for that person, should not be confused with aggression, which is a threatening, abusive and invasive approach to getting personal needs met. The former approach satisfies both the need of the individual, and the feeling of being respectful of the other individual. The latter approach promotes anger, frustration, discord and feelings of violation – feelings that we want to avoid in most situations. Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF
THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

27 January 2012

One and a half million Jewish children perished in the Holocaust – victims
of persecution by the Nazis and their supporters.

Tens of thousands of other children were also murdered. They included people with disabilities… as well as Roma and Sinti. All were victims of a hate-filled ideology that labelled them “inferior”. Continue reading →