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Shrugging off stereotypes

August 15 Baby & Toddlers, Health, Men, Women

Mainstream children’s media is still lacking in positive portrayals of gender for young girls and boys. Priya Kulasagaran digs up some classic books and movies which challenge traditional gender roles for children. If ...

Who cares? We do!

August 8 Baby & Toddlers, Featured, Featured Stories, Health, Pregnancy, Women

Being a teen is tough. We won’t judge. Come find us – Teen friendly services For teens 10 to 19 years old Offered in all government clinics with well-trained health care providers and counsellors Your confidentia...

Preventive or prescriptive? Teen pregnancies and how parents can be he...

August 8 Baby & Toddlers, Featured, Featured Stories, Health, Pregnancy, Women

Preventive or prescriptive? Teen pregnancies and how parents can be heroes Almost 11% of all births are to adolescent women between 15 and 19. There are complex socio-economic, educational, cultural and service availabil...

Tackling teen pregnancy (how to carry our youths forward)

August 8 Baby & Toddlers, Featured, Featured Stories, Health, Pregnancy, Women

A caring policy, a cradle of hope Imagine now if you were a pregnant teenage girl. What choices do you have? You could go to a government health clinic and get a health assessment and seek help from healthcare providers ...

Creating safe spaces for teen mums: Issues and challenges

August 8 Baby & Toddlers, Featured, Featured Stories, Health, Pregnancy, Women

Creating safe spaces for teen mums: Issues and challenges In Malaysia, there are 50 cases of teenage pregnancy every day. Every month, there are 1,500 cases. Out of that number, 30% of the teens are unmarried, according ...

Parenthood ups and downs

July 13 Baby & Toddlers, Health, Home

While popular belief is that parenting is a constant time of joy, some parents may feel negative emotions while still loving their child. We speak to parents about the low points and how they got out of it In 2015, Victo...

Labour of love

July 13 Baby & Toddlers, Health, Pregnancy, Women

With all the options women now have when it comes to childbirth, the pressure to make the ‘right’ one can be immense. What are some of the choices mothers-to-be can expect to face? One of the hallmark successes of mo...

Ultrasounds may weaken babies’ bones

July 13 Baby & Toddlers, Health

Researchers in Universiti Teknologi MARA in Selangor have discovered that baby rabbits developing in the womb exposed to ultrasound had weaker thighbones than unexposed rabbits. While the finding applies to a relatively ...

Are we sending children for too much therapy?

June 21 Baby & Toddlers, Health

Priya Kulasagaran speaks to a child psychiatrist to find out if we are over-medicalising normal childhood behaviours While there is an increase in mental disorders among children worldwide, the World Health Organisation ...

Unintentional misbehaviour

June 21 Baby & Toddlers, Health

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or referred to as Hyperkinetic Disorder by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is a severe and persistent impairment of psychological development and can be described as ...

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