No-one should consider they have a duty to support their parents financially, and no parents should assume that they have a right to financial support from their children. In many early societies the reality of the extended family meant that…
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August 19, 2015 Friends and Peers
The test of a real friend is how they react when things don’t go so well. We have all heard of fair weather friends; those who are happy to spend time with us, and perhaps help us, when times are…
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The difference lies in the relative effect soaps and body washes have on the skin. Bar soaps may clean, but they do so at the cost of drying the skin. They do not moisturise. That is their great failing….
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Does love end? Well, it can, but it doesn’t always. No doubt the original author of this question is referring to the love between two people. Not the love of a parent for a child, or vice versa. That is…
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In a typical western Christian culture, the answer must be ‘no’. It must always be understood and accepted that different cultural, ethical and religious groups may have different practices. However any writer can only comment from their own cultural background…
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