Most programs were offered in clinic or hospital settings, and they range from general education programs to relationship and co-parenting programs to clinical and case management programs.


Most programs were offered in clinic or hospital settings, and they range from general education programs to relationship and co-parenting programs to clinical and case management programs.

Primary school children are arriving for their lessons unwashed and in dirty clothes because their parents cannot afford to buy washing powder, soap or shampoo, according to a survey by a UK charity.


Change takes time, and our approaches to behavioral problems will likely require a fair amount of experimentation, forgiveness and patience along the way.

In an ideal world, a government governs while a parent parents. This utopia, in my view, would involve a symbiotic relationship that, together, advances the best interest of a child.

Comprising just 800 families, Touwsranten in South Africa’s Western Cape province is the only place in the world in which every programme included in the Parenting for Lifelong Health initiative has been implemented.