Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
I found myself home alone last weekend. This is something that has not happened in about six years. And the time before that was in 2000. So, last weekend included, in 16 years there have been four occasions in which I was left by my...
Published:Monday | June 27, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
We need a relationship abuse hotline. Or, if there is one, we need to publicise it at the same level we do Crime Stop. However, there would be no financial reward for those whom we encourage to '...
Published:Tuesday | June 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
Last Sunday, Father's Day, I was at Sovereign Centre in Liguanea, waiting on a 'box food'. Standing close to the line, but maintaining sufficient distance to keep the child he was holding away from the adults who may...
Published:Tuesday | June 14, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
I consider myself a pretty good father (that is unreserved self-praise). I have been there from the plus sign on the pregnancy test through to feeding, diaper changing, washing clothes, reading stories, doctor visits,...
Published:Monday | June 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
This time next week, it will be Father's Day, and (unfortunately), as usual it will not be celebrated with anywhere near the intensity of Mother's Day.I could go as far as saying it will not really be celebrated at all, but...
Published:Tuesday | May 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
As the professional track and field season cranks up, with the Olympics in Rio looming large, I take this time to commiserate with the sports widows who will find themselves all alone for a few weeks while their...
Published:Monday | March 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
It is not only OK for a girl who is growing up to have male friends, but it is an essential part of a young woman's development to have relationships with boys who see her as just another person. So it is quite fine for a wee lass...
Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
To see a big man cry can be a terrible thing. It does something to you - not least of all because it contradicts all deeply ingrained notions of what a man should be - strong (which includes being stoic is all situations), able to...
Published:Monday | December 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMMelville Cooke
Our daughters are a year apart in the education system. A few years ago, when the eldest was in first form in high school and the younger in that post-GSAT period, I was heading to St Richard's Primary...
