What Was New: January 2007

7 January

"The Kids Are All Right..."

Our Child Psychologist in residence, Ruth Coppard, is back with more helpful advice to parents in dealing with child-related problems and worries. This month: discussing politics; compulsive habits; and getting boys to discuss their feelings.
Help Me Help My Child

8 January

Pic of the Week

A colourful concrete car park in Miami.
Parking Paradise

22 January

Pic of the Week

A kestrel perches on a fence-post in northern Scotland.
Kestrel

24 January

Video woes

"Things started to go wrong with our second order. We'd planned to send DVDs as gifts to friends. However, when I tried to place an order on 4 December there was no option to select a different address in the checkout process. I tried to cancel the order and start afresh, but there was no option to do that either." Dave recounts his experience of ordering DVDs through DVDi.co.uk.
DVDi.co.uk – a personal experience

29 January

Pic of the Week

A bus in Phnom Penh, the passengers oblivious to the anti-child prostitution ad under the windows which makes them appear to be child sex tourists.
Missing the target?

30 January

Phnom Penh double bill!

We made our first trip to Phnom Penh recently, having been to Siem Reap several times last year. We expected Phnom Penh to be much the same except, perhaps, just more of it.Well, PP certainly was bigger and busier, but not having Angkor Wat just down the road meant that although there was a larger expat community, there were comparatively fewer tourist destinations. Still, we found plenty to write about:
Phnom Penh – where to stay
Phnom Penh – where to eat