The New York Times would like to hear from parents and adolescents who are dealing with mental health challenges. The adolescent experience is changing. Over the last decade, anxiety and depression — along with self-harm and suicidal thoughts — have been on the rise among young people. We’d like to …
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If you work or study in Subang, you’ve probably had or heard of Uncle Soon Fried Rice. If you’re on Twitter, you’ve probably seen their “hello ah boys and ah girls” tweets with their student crowd. Their fried rice is famous for their wok hei (wok aroma) and sambal belacan …
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When Jacqueline Tourville, of Wells, Maine, thinks about sending her daughter off to college this month, the same questions keep circling in her mind. “I worry about her getting sick,” said Ms. Tourville, a children’s book author, whose daughter, Claire Brown, 18, plans to attend Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., …
Read More »Photo by Aaron Freeman / Money Talks News The world is a different place today than it was for my parents. During their working years, they made less money than I make. Yet they retired at an earlier age, their retirement income was higher, their retirement expenses were lower and …
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After the circuit breaker ends on June 1, Singaporeans will be allowed to visit their parents or grandparents who are not living with them, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong announced today (May 19). However, each visiting family is only permitted to make one visit a day. At any one time, …
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Parents of adolescents are often confronted by a puzzling sequence of events. First, teenagers bring us their problems; second, we earnestly offer suggestions and solutions; and third, teenagers dismiss our ideas as irritating, irrelevant or both. These moments feel ripe for connection. Why do they so often turn sour? Almost …
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