Less Catholic than the pope
‘Catholic’ education thrives in Belgium, but the decision between principle and pragmatism is not easy when choosing a school.
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A question of upbringing
In multicultural families, deciding on where to raise your child is no easy matter and has profound implications for the future.
Read moreWhy do men leave?
Marriage and fatherhood bring out the best in some. But for many it’s an unbearable weight, and so they leave.Why is this?
Read moreLabouring under a false premise
Barring men from the delivery room will not make giving birth any easier. In fact, it is a case of throwing out the father with the bathwater.
Read moreGetting in your face – it’s a sensitive issue
Do you breed people like Nick Cave, or do they grow organically? Some adults and children are just more in tune with their surroundings.
Read moreBuilding intolerance in Switzerland
The Swiss minaret ban doesn’t mean European Muslims are persecuted, but it makes me worry for the Europe my son has been born into.
Read moreFaith in our children
Much as we’d like our children to hold the same things dear as we do, we should have enough faith in them to let them choose their own belief system.
Read moreLabour saving devices
Could pregnancy outside the womb save women the pain of labour and herald in a new level of gender equality?
Read moreEgypt’s popuflation problem
Spiralling inflation has refocused attention in Egypt on overpopulation. But is birth control enough without other reforms?
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