Raising a child with Down syndrome

Maureen,6, is the first born in a family of three and is in class two. Full of activities, her typical day almost looks like that of an adult.

Children develop at different rates and at one point or another, most parents have worried that their child is lagging behind on the developmental curve. Seeing each child as unique, how can a parent tell that their child has special needs?

Children don’t have the cognitive skills to truly understand the concept of empathy until they’re 8 or 9. But 5-year-olds, usually highly preoccupied with fairness, are concerned about being treated well, and they want others — friends, strangers, even characters in books — to be treated well too. Here’s how to nurture these budding displays of empathy.

Parents, teachers and child experts all agree that raising a child has never been an easy task.

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), is a group of symptoms linked to the menstrual cycle. It occurs more often 1-2 weeks before the periods in women between their late 20s and early 40s and have at least one child. Symptoms can vary from woman to woman. The most common include both physical and emotional signs, such as acne, tension, irritability, mood swings, crying spells, trouble sleeping, swollen or tender breasts, headache or backache, appetite changes, food cravings, etc. American researchers...

KWA wanaofuatilia safu hii, watakumbuka kuwa mara baada ya CCM kumpitisha Dk.

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AU urged to get out of donor dependency syndrome
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The African Union has been urged to take bold measures to get out of donor dependency syndrome for sustainable peace and security in their respective areas and the region at large. The call was made on Saturday in ...

Folks, if I, the poor son of Uswaz were to survive in this parched Uswaz, I need to perfect the art of begging. I need to practise the science of ABDS (Acquired Beggar’s Diplomacy Syndrome) or else, putting food on the table or even paying the rent might prove an uphill task.

 Put a frog in a vessel of water and start heating the water…

  As the temperature of the water rises, the frog is able to adjust its body temperature accordingly…

 The frog keeps on adjusting with increase in temperature…

 Just when the water is about to reach boiling point, the frog is not able to adjust anymore…

 At that point the frog decides to jump out…

 The frog tries to jump but is unable to do so, because it lost all its strength in adjusting with the water temperature…

 Very soon...