Mentoring Articles

How to stop yelling at your kids 

Need to know Your child screams out that you are stupid and demands that you leave him alone. Your teen responds to your well-intended piece of advice with an eye-roll and a ‘Whatever.’ Your preschooler is having her fourth mammoth meltdown of the day over a puzzle...

Why You Shouldn’t Tell Your Child to Have a Plan B

My father gave me two pieces of advice when I was very young. First, never dig a pile of dirt from the middle. (Shovel at the bottom, so the dirt falls into the blade.) And second, always live in a ranch-style home. (So you can still get around all of it when you’re...

St Jago’s Jaheim Harris is Caribbean’s No. 1 in add math, physics 

JAHEIM HARRIS’ affinity for mathematics started back in basic school and continued at the Angels Primary School, where he got perfect scores in the subject throughout, and participated in numerous mathematics competitions as well as the Schools’ Challenge Quiz. His...

I’m a black CEO: Discounted on Wall Street because of my skin color.

Eddie C. Brown is the founder, chairman, chief executive and senior portfolio manager of Brown Capital. I was raised in the Jim Crow South, when the railroad tracks separated whites from blacks and African Americans were considered second-class citizens. Raised by...