How kids can benefit from boredom
Sep 25, 2016 16:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
From books, arts and sports classes to iPads and television, many parents do everything in their power to entertain and educate their children. But what would happen if children were just left to be bored from time to...
Don't call Mark Zuckerberg unrealistic – philanthropists are uniquely free to shoot for the moon
Sep 25, 2016 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced an impossible-sounding goal. They are investing $3bn (2.3bn) of their fortune in a new initiative to cure, prevent or manage all disease within...
Here's how to raise a child to be sympathetic
Sep 22, 2016 12:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Parents and teachers might often wonder how to teach children caring toward others more so when the world feels full of disagreement, conflict, and aggression. As development psychologists, we know that children start...
More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers
Sep 22, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
New research shows that the most at-risk young people including those who are homeless and have mental health issues are increasingly being enrolled by private Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers to...
ASEAN goal to eradicate drugs in the region leads to disregard for human life
Sep 22, 2016 02:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Life
Four years ago member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations adopted the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. Yet today the region is seeing a worrying backward trend in human rights protection in the name of a...
Industrial accidents in Bangladesh are another symptom of an unequal society
Sep 21, 2016 18:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Life
Bangladesh, once dismissed as a basket case for development, has made remarkable progress in many aspects of human and economic development in the last couple of decades. The people of Bangladesh are a key element in...
Have you ever wondered how much energy you put in to avoid being assaulted? It may shock you
Sep 21, 2016 17:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A recent article offering men advice about how to proposition a woman wearing headphones encouraging them to block her path to prevent her from ignoring them rightfully provoked a major backlash. But the backlash also...