A single father's heartfelt journey redefines parenting roles through travel, resilience, and love. Facing judgment, obstacles, and growth, he discovers that being a devoted parent matters more than fitting traditional family norms or gender roles.
On the occasion of International Mother’s Day, BRAC Bank’s women-centred initiative TARA held an event that did not just celebrate motherhood or struggles of being a mother but gently pulled apart the structure surrounding it. The event titled “Parenting: A Shared Journey of Partnership” created space for a much-needed dialogue that was not about glorifying sacrifice but rather about asking why parenting still leans heavily, and often unfairly, on mothers and how partners can show up to share it.
A photo exhibition questions outdated views on fatherhood and true commitment.
Teaching emotional intelligence in children fosters empathy, resilience, and responsibility. Encouraging emotional expression, assigning small tasks, celebrating efforts, and leading by example nurture EQ, shaping future success. Early development ensures better relationships, perseverance, and long-term emotional well-being.
In the last decades, children were inevitably taught to respect authority figures such as parents, teachers, and law enforcement. Terms such as saying "please" and "thank you" and addressing adults formally were introduced early, with no questions asked.
A woman facing an empty nest found renewed purpose by taking in her house-help's daughter. Despite restrictive adoption laws in Bangladesh, her family secured guardianship, focusing on emotional support and building a fulfilling bond.
Cute characters, lively hues, and catchy music — all combine to create CoComelon. Both parents and toddlers find it difficult to resist. However, a growing number of parents are sharing personal accounts lately which raises the question: Is CoComelon causing more harm than good?
Children are a reflection of their parents. Those miniature human beings are like sponges; what you teach them, they will absorb. It is best to shape them into more responsible beings from a young age.
I’m not here to take sides, but I want to ask: Why are we so quick to question the students when reports started coming in of some crossing the line?
Watching television snuggled between my parents or grandparents; talking to them for hours; rubbing their feet when they were tired from work. On quite a few of these occasions, my father will say something that he means as a compliment, but one that takes me by surprise every time. He wonders aloud if I'd still be spending time with them this way if I were a son. I argue, every time, that that's beside the point.
Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world – that is, when someone is planning to do it right.
Most of us are still unaware that parenting can be learnt and think that it comes naturally.
She holds us in her womb for nine months, spends sleepless nights catering to our needs, the superwoman in our lives-mother. The Daily Star has put together a list of 8 things to do this Mother's Day.
