Globally, as per research on the global prevalence of blindness and distant and near vision impairment which was published by iOVS Journal in 2020, out of the global population of 7.79 billion people in the year 2020, 41.9 million were visually impaired.
Most causes of these societal stresses or what we call ‘stressors’ are historical, systemic or structural. By this we mean they have roots or/and link with the history of the people, or are out of customary norms.
Technology grows so fast that it confuses even the adult population. Yet, the adult guardians and parents are made to think it is safe for the kids. In the same, the possibilities that come with it are unpredictable.
Child upbringing needs to be done with positive expectations. Children performing poorly, or reasoning, acting, or behaving badly should be taken as a human situation and addressed appropriately.
It is common in many societies to find parents and guardians addressing their children with tags, names and metaphors that suggest depravity, incapability, deficiency and diminution. In this article, we examine the effects of these negative attributions, especially about animal characters.
Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper on 12th October, 2021. As the world markets ‘solutions to problems,’ several ways have been devised to make people customers as they develop a feeling that they dearly need such solutions. While those who experience problems are in the daily struggle to get them solved, … Read more
Do feet take heads
Where they won’t dare go?
And show them straight paths
While round routes they know?
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This poem by Shimbo Pastory depicts the hope that a new day brings despite the many difficulties one faces in life.
