Parents

#Perspective / Creaky backs and shattered hearts: What they don’t tell you about your 30s

Life doesn't always unfold according to societal expectations or personal plans, especially as you enter your thirties. While there's often pressure to achieve certain milestones by a certain age, the reality is far more complex. Here's a glimpse into what you might encounter as you navigate your 30s and beyond.

The lingering effects of familial unemployment on young people

The psychological costs of one’s parents going into unemployment are extremely nuanced

How children are affected by their parents' unhappy marriage

Marital conflict can result in constant fighting and can breed a hostile atmosphere.

Tackling frustrations with non-tech savvy parents

When teaching your parents new technology, it is important to approach the task with patience and compassion.

Bangladeshi TV shows fail to cater to ageing audiences

Older audiences have always relied on TV for clean and engaging content reflective of our local lifestyle.

How to convince your parents to let you go on a trip with friends

In a country where parents often do not let us travel alone within city limits, having to ask your parents for permission to go on a trip with friends is often a harrowing experience.

The way we hide our lives from our parents

We’re used to presenting an obedient yet cheerful mask of who we are.

The Connotations Around “Broken Family”

Raising a child is no easy feat. Single parents have to fulfil the roles of both a mother and a father.

May 26, 2022
May 26, 2022

The responsibility of taking care of ageing parents

Your parents ask for you at their hour of need, how do you respond?

April 30, 2022
April 30, 2022

Teaching money habits to our children

Money and managing finances are a very important part of adulthood, and more often than not, good money habits start from a young age.

April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022

7 daycare centres in Dhaka for working parents

Every morning the hustle of going to work and thinking of their little munchkins all day long often urges working parents to find a suitable daycare nearby. Here is a list of some of the daycare centres in Dhaka that you may be interested in checking out, depending on your location.

January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022

The Consequences of Authoritarian Parenting

Authoritarian parenting insists on unquestionable obedience from the child.

December 30, 2021
December 30, 2021

Teaching parents how to use a computer

You'll need to take this one step at a time.

April 3, 2016
April 3, 2016

Family quizzed once again

With no arrest made and no one except the family members quizzed even in 13 days into the murder of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, her parents were once again interrogated by law enforcers yesterday.

March 8, 2016
March 8, 2016

No scope to leave women behind in the name of religion: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses need for equal development of country's womenfolk as there is no scope to leave them behind in the name of religion.

March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016

Parents, aunt brought in for quizzing

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday picked up the parents and a relative of the two siblings, two days after their suspected murder in the capital's Banasree area.

July 13, 2015
July 13, 2015

Little girl's viral paint mishap sums up life with toddlers

A little girl's viral paint mishap sums up life with toddlers.

May 9, 2015
May 9, 2015

8 things to do this Mother’s Day

She holds us in her womb for nine months, spends sleepless nights catering to our needs, the superwoman in our lives-mother. The Daily Star has put together a list of 8 things to do this Mother's Day.

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