Jo’s Blog

Amongst families with a disabled child, siblings are hidden wonder workers. They can soothe their brother or sister as no one else can. They “keep an eye on them” while Mom cooks dinner or Dad runs out for groceries. They avert [...]

Spotted this house on my way to work this morning. I’ve been watching it come up with interest because we once rented the place that used to be here. That one was torn down so the owners could start fresh. You’d think that starting [...]

Last summer, we hired an accounts officer whom we had to let go even before his probation was up – no need to go into the reasons. Today, the HR person of another organization in the city came to meet us.  It turns out our enterprising [...]

A paediatrician named Alastair McAlpine tweeted about a little project he had undertaken. He asked a bunch of his terminally ill patients what had made their lives thus far meaningful. His patients are children; they were dying and they had a [...]

Why It’s Important for Children to Do Household Chores When I was a child, I had regular chores. Thursday was cleaning day and all of us (we were seven kids) had rotating assignments. One week I would scrub the two bathrooms (tub, sink, [...]

Discovering the Magic of Activity-based Learning Vijay, the boy who lives upstairs from me, asked me to help him prepare for his computer exam. Handing me his notebook of questions and answers, he asked me solemnly to quiz him. “You’ve got it [...]

The Aunty Poem (Mi Privilege Es Su Privilege) Mohja Kahf I will be your aunty in the new city where you have not yet met a soul Come to my table and eat Teach me your pronouns I will be your aunty who wires you money wherever you are stranded in [...]