As a child, I hated playing outside. Even when we lived in picturesque Hawaii, my mom would send all the kids outdoors to play and I spent the time whining at the front door. Years later, my dog Lulu does the same thing. Once she has finished doing her business, Lulu sits by the door howling to come back inside.
How to manage your childs stress
We would like to think of kids as carefree creatures whose main obsessions are puppy dogs and rainbows. And yet, as anyone whose tear-stained 6-year-old has run home fresh from a playground insult knows, a kids life has disappointments and worries that feel as all-consuming as any grown-ups.
Park or animal concentration camp?
Its been more than a century since Istanbuls residents were kept awake at night by the howling of tens of thousands of stray dogs.
Press freedoms watchdog slams Turkish government
An organization that monitors freedom of the press is harshly critical of the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a new report, accusing it of waging "one of the worlds biggest crackdowns on press freedoms in history."
Helping a child get over a dog bite
As a child, Ranjan Avasthi was once bitten by the familys German shepherd. His parents responded quickly by separating the two, bandaging his wounds and gradually reintroducing healthy interaction with the dog. Fast-forward a few decades. Avasthi, now a doctor, has a wife, child and his very own German shepherd mix.
Watchdog slams Turkish government
An organization that monitors freedom of the press is harshly critical of the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a new report, accusing it of waging "one of the worlds biggest crackdowns on press freedoms in history."
