Kindercramming
The mantra here is that parents should not turn a
child into a super-confident jack of all trades before he or she can
barely stand on his or her chubby legs. According to Greg Duncan,
social-policy expert and the lead author of the latest issue of
Development Psychology, "the kind of skills that matter in affecting
later learning are things parents can pretty easily convey to their
children in the home.
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Chefs: Healers of the next generation
by Anushka Nanayakkara
The sweetly-smiling amiable Chef - Channa
Dassanayaka, the author of "Sri Lankan Flavours", is now the Sri
Lankan food Ambassador to the world, won the prestigious award
'Gourmand WorldCook book of the year for foreign cookery books",
first time ever opening the gate way for Sri Lankan cuisine to
expose our flavoured ingredients in a desirable way and turning them
into novel and local mouth-watering recipes.
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'True love is great'
Senani speaks of life with Minister Duminda
Dissanayake:
True love is great for true lovers like the
young couple whom we are featuring in this column this week. Senani
Lanka Jayaratne speaks about her hubby, Duminda Dissanayake,
Minister of Petroleum Resources.
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