Being a parent is the biggest responsibility we can have in our lives. Its scary if you think about it. You have to look after a tiny baby for years and years. It is your duty to make sure that little baby grows up into a wonderful, happy and respons...
Love Is Just a Thread 爱只是一根线 Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They dont act in the romantic wa...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Traditional baby names are not as popular as they used to be. And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we talk about baby names in America. (MUSIC)...
While most South Korean high school graduates are enjoying their winter vacation, others will be hitting the books. Students who do not fare well on university entrance exams enroll in cram-schools, where they study seven days a week, for 50 weeks s...
Parents' Influence on Childrens Intelligence As researchers learn more about how childrens intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents. The power of the school has been replaced by the home. To begin with, all the...
In the 1950s, Jim McFarland's grandmother took him on annual train trips from New York to see relatives in the South. And it's time again for StoryCorps, Americans interview each other. We hear their everyday stories and every week we find out how a...
By Melinda Smith Washington 10 April 2008 Recent studies show that children who do not get enough sleep tend to have some emotional problems as well as weight gain later in life. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports, the research seems to blame the parents...
By Tom Rivers London 09 September 2007 The parents of missing Madeleine McCann, 3,have returned to Britain but as suspects in her disappearance. Madeleine was last seen in May while on a family vacation in Portugal. Her disappearance has sparked huge...
John Ydstie: On Wednesdays our business news takes a look at the workplace. Today, a perennial problem: when to put your foot down , say no to the boss, and choose life over work. That's one of the many questions Lisa Belkin explores in her column. S...