Families

The most powerful anti-drug message may start at the dinner table

Youths likely encounter drug references long before most parents imagine they do, say the writers. Can their parents get to them first?

O’Sullivan clan gathering in Ireland breaks world record

Nearly 2,000 members of the O’Sullivan clan descended on Ireland’s south-western town of Castletonbere to set a world record.

A predictor of a good social life? Your parents

Experts believe that parents who set a healthy relational tone were modelling skills and habits for their children.

Who steps in when parents suddenly fall ill? Discuss caregiving plans early, say experts

Conversations about caregiving can be sensitive and fraught with tension.

One frugal table, three money scripts: Why siblings spend very differently

Money is never just money. It is deeply layered with emotional meaning.

Dad-approved, kid-tested: 6 new activities for the June school holidays

Here are six fresh attractions opened in recent months that have been tested and approved by the writer and his two daughters, aged seven and 13.

Uribe's protege Valencia seeks to become Colombia’s first female president

Democratic Centre party presidential candidate Paloma Valencia speaks on stage with her daughters during her campaign closing event in Bogota, Colombia, May 24, 2026. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

First look at Gardens by the Bay’s free Children’s Festival featuring Disney’s Winnie the Pooh

Catch the South-east Asian debut of Pooh’s Grand Friendship Party, a 10-minute song-and-dance parade.

Wife granted 33% of matrimonial assets in divorce; homemaker role allowed husband to grow business

Before divorce proceedings began in 2023, the man made a number of financial transactions which he tried to hide from the court at the start of the lawsuit.

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