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The inaugural recipients of the RSPB Scholarship for students on the NFTS Directing and Producing Science and Natural History MA are announced as Gisela Sepulveda and George Pretty.
The RSPB is the official course partner for the MA, which is now in its second year. The charity is working closely with the School to inspire a new generation of filmmaking talent equipped to create engaging and innovative content that champions the charity's conservation cause by reaching new audiences through new and impactful visual communications.
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Grant Wisbey, RSPB Creative Studio Manager said of Gisela and George's selection: 'Firstly we'd like to thank all of this year's student intake for their applications to receive the RSPB Scholarship. The calibre of applications was extremely high with a number compelling cases being put forward. Through their applications both Gisela and George demonstrated aptitude, enthusiasm and commitment to conservation filmmaking. Our award-winning film unit champion an ethical approach to filmmaking and are delighted that our scholars represent these values. We are incredibly proud to be supporting the next generation of natural history filmmakers and wish Gisela and George the best of luck.'
We caught up with Gisela and George to find out how they are getting on since starting in January:
Gisela: These first few weeks have been an incredible whirlwind. My highlight so far has been learning the importance of storytelling to drive a documentary. I am using this knowledge in the pre-production of a science interview, in which my colleagues and I are basing a story on the RSPB's work of satellite tracking turtle doves' migratory routes to help protect this vulnerable species. For the future I am looking forward to learning specialist camera techniques next term such as time lapse, macro and long lens.
George: It's been a fascinating first month here at the NFTS. It's an enormous privilege to be surrounded by so many talented individuals all working in their respective fields. We've had an incredibly varied introduction to the School, receiving masterclasses from award-winning filmmakers such as Denis Villeneuve and Alex Garland and Ken Loach's long term producer Rebecca O'Brien. It's been incredibly valuable to analyse the common themes of storytelling that unite all forms of film making. Over the next few months we're fortunate to have more course driven masterclasses from industry professionals such as renowned underwater cameraman Doug Allen. Our first project (which is currently ongoing) is a scientific interview with a scientist of our choosing. In our groups case we're focusing on work at Plymouth Marine Institute into the effects of microplastics on marine ecosystems.
On receiving the RSPB scholarship Gisela and George said:
Gisela: I would just like to say thank you to the RSPB for this scholarship, it has given me the opportunity that I otherwise would not have had to chase my dream. Not only has it allowed me to join the NFTS but it has also given me the path to be able to create documentaries in order to communicate ideas and target conservation awareness.
George: I feel a great sense of honour to have the support of an organisation I've held in respect throughout my life. To know that the RSPB sees something in me worth developing gives me the confidence to move forward as a filmmaker, building upon a rich history of Science and Natural History documentary.
And on their future plans:
Gisela: Currently the dream would be to become a director. However, the most important career ambition for me is to use documentaries as a medium to keep current and future generations interested in looking after our planet. I would like to do this by finding new ways to visually interest them in wildlife/science documentaries to encourage them to take conservation action. Technological innovation has always been driving science/natural history documentaries forward and in new directions. Taking this on board I would like to consider using VR or animation combined with traditional documentary methods as an exciting new cross-genre format.
George: I intend on challenging the norms of natural history film making, whilst taking the strongest elements of dramatic story telling and combining them with a refined visual aesthetic to produce both visceral and intellectually stimulating films. At its core I hope to use these tools to produce high impact documentaries strongly rooted in conservation biology and as a drive for positive social change. I have a particular interest in the impacts of human activity upon marine and terrestrial ecosystems. For my first year film I intend to use 360 underwater cameras to record the impact of purse-seine trawlers upon fish populations. I'm hoping to use emerging VR technology to provide audiences with a novel immersive experience of the world around us.
Applications for the Directing Natural History and Science MA are open until the 2nd May 2019 and the course will commence in January 2020.
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Nickelodeon's Loud House creator Chris Savino apologizes for sexual harassment allegations
'I am deeply sorry and I am ashamed,' he said in a statement
Loud House
- TV Show
Four days after leaving Nickelodeon, Loud House creator Chris Savino has responded to the sexual harassment allegations that prompted his departure.
"I am deeply sorry and I am ashamed," wrote Savino in a letter that he shared on Facebook. "Although it was never my intention, I understand that the impact of my actions and communications created an uncomfortable environment. At every stage of my career, I have sought to uplift my colleagues and cultivate a culture of respect. In this objective, I have failed. I should have known better, I should have acted better, and this has been a difficult, but valuable lesson."
He continued, "I have nothing but the deepest respect for the bravery of the women who have spoken out, trying to create an environment in which they can thrive and reach their fullest potential."
Last Thursday, Nickelodeon confirmed to EW that Savino was no longer with the network. According to the site Cartoon Brew, which first broke the news, the cartoon veteran, who previously worked on Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls, was suspended and placed on a leave of absence after dozens of women came forward accusing him of unwanted sexual advances, blacklisting threats after consensual relationships ended, and more, dating back as far as a decade.
"We take allegations of misconduct very seriously, and we are committed to fostering a safe and professional workplace environment that is free of harassment or other kinds of inappropriate conduct," a network spokesperson told EW at the time.
Read Savino's entire statement below:
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Objective. Although parents' knowledge about child development and child rearing is relevant to pediatric practice, very little is known about immigrant parents' knowledge. To fill this gap in research, this study investigated parenting knowledge in 2 groups of mothers who had immigrated to the United States.
Design. Japanese and South American immigrant mothers of 2-year-olds completed a standardized survey of parenting knowledge and provided information about sociodemographic and infant health status. Their data were compared with European American mothers in the United States.
Results. Immigrant mothers scored ∼70% on the evaluation of parenting knowledge, significantly lower than multigenerational US mothers. The majority of immigrant mothers did not know correct answers for 25% of the items, and their incorrect answers were mostly to questions about normative child development.
Conclusions. Parents' knowledge is relevant to pediatricians' evaluations of the health and welfare of children as understood by their parents. Gaps in parenting knowledge have implications for clinical interactions with parents, child diagnosis, pediatric training, and parent education.
- pediatrics
- child-development knowledge
- child health
- child development
- parenting
- acculturation
- immigration
- parent education
Parenting knowledge encompasses understanding how to care for children, how children develop, and the diverse roles parents play in children's lives.1,2 The general state of knowledge that parents possess in these domains constitutes a vital frame of reference from which parents interpret their children's behaviors. Parenting knowledge affects parents' everyday decisions about their children's care and upbringing,1–6 which in turn affects children's development.4,5,7 For example, mothers who are appropriately informed of the need for immunization usually act accordingly.8 Moreover, parents' descriptions of their children's behavior can influence physician decision-making.9 However, parents are most likely to report behavior that they deem as unusual, and knowledge of child development is basic to parents' understanding of what is and is not normal behavior for a child of a certain age. In a nutshell, the study of parenting knowledge is important because such knowledge affects parenting decisions and practices that in turn affect child development.
In this study, we examined more closely what mothers know substantively about child development and child rearing. Whereas beliefs, attitudes, and values may or may not be factual, knowledge is thought to draw on the science base and to be valid and reliable by members of the clinical and research communities. Because parents are the main caregivers of infants and young children, investigating the amount and types of knowledge parents possess about child development and child rearing is a necessary early step to increasing and improving the dissemination and utilization of parenting knowledge and thereby to improving children's quality of life.
Parenting knowledge of child development and child rearing is especially relevant to pediatric practice.10 During child health visits, clinicians must ask about and interpret parents' expectations, concerns, and opinions about their children's health and development.11 Accurate and complete developmental anamnesis and surveillance depend on eliciting and properly construing parents' reports and obtaining relevant developmental histories, among other things. Clearly, the validity of clinical impressions is improved when pediatricians and other clinical practitioners incorporate parental appraisals into their decision-making. After all, parents have the most experience with the child, are thought to know the child best, and are the clinician's primary source of long-standing and outside information about the child.
Because clinicians routinely draw on parents' knowledge during interviews, clinicians need to be aware that parents' replies to the questions they pose are mediated by parents' knowledge about children's development and parents' own child rearing. In other words, when interpreting the information parents provide, clinicians must take the sources and contexts of parents' cognitions into consideration. One especially noteworthy context of parenting knowledge is culture (MH Bornstein, PhD, CS Hahn, PhD, MA Suizzo, EdD, LR Cote, PhD, and OM Haynes, PhD, Cultural, Sociodemographic, and Experiential Factors Predicting Mothers' Knowledge About Child Development and Child Rearing: National Immigrant and Cross-National Studies, unpublished data, 2004). It is widely accepted that parenting knowledge, from children's attainment of developmental milestones and skills to parents' responsibilities and activities, differs across cultural groups; awareness of such differences is requisite to physicians accurately interpreting parents' reports about child health, development, and behavior during health-supervision visits. In attempting to understand the contemporary "health care gap" in the United States, Geiger12 warned that "on the physician's side, poor communication, lack of cultural understanding, and subconscious negative, ethnic stereotyping can be involved."
The study of cultural differences in immigrant parents' knowledge of child rearing and child development is particularly germane today. The growing influx of immigrants to the United States in the past decade has made the study of immigrant parents a matter of heightened contemporary concern. The 2000 US Census indicates that ∼1 in 5 children in the United States, or ∼14 million children, lives with at least 1 immigrant parent (defined as a parent who was born outside the United States13). This situation has led to "systematic deficiencies and inequities" in health care as well as "disparities in...diagnosis and treatment for this country's most vulnerable populations."12 The Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality14 recently documented these disparities in care associated with race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
In this study, we focused on this vulnerable population of immigrants. Research on immigrant families suggests that the belief systems of the majority group are not always readily adopted and that culturally significant parenting beliefs and norms are among the most resistant to change in a culture.15,16 Thus, such government initiatives as the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development "Back to Sleep" campaign may be even less well known among immigrant parents. Unfortunately, little is understood about parenting knowledge among immigrant families. Asian and Latino people, subgroups of which we studied here, are currently the majority immigrant groups in the United States,17 but they have received comparatively little research attention.18,19 Moreover, the Asian and Latino populations in the United States are expected to triple by midcentury,20 making it increasingly important that clinicians better understand Asian and Latino parents. To begin to address the paucity of knowledge on this subject, the main goal of the present study was to determine the nature and composition of immigrant mothers' knowledge of child development and child rearing. Taking parental knowledge and cultural background into consideration adds to the subtlety and scope of the clinician's task, but overlooking the knowledge-culture nexus risks losing access to vital information about the patient.
These considerations of the cultural significance of parenting knowledge to clinical decision-making, competence in parenting, and children's healthy and successful growth and development gave rise to the general question that motivated this research: How complete and accurate is immigrant mothers' knowledge of child development and child rearing? To address this question, we studied 2 different ethnic groups migrating to the United States at the same point in time. Recruiting 2 comparison groups allowed us to examine generalities and specificities in the acculturation of parenting knowledge among immigrants to the United States. We recruited groups that were intentionally similar and different on a number of demographic and psychosocial characteristics. Both the Japanese and South American acculturating samples were immigrants and not refugees, an important distinction because psychologic difficulties known to affect parenting frequently accompany refugee status.21,22 Mothers in all samples were metropolitan, middle class, similar in age, and had comparable levels of education. However, these comparison groups also differed on a number of psychologic, social, and historical dimensions: Japan and Latin America represent Eastern and Western cultures, respectively, that vary in terms of history, beliefs, and values.23–27 For example, Japan was isolated from the rest of the world until relatively modern times and as a result developed insular and unique ways of thinking and learning.18,28,29 In contrast, South America shares with North America a certain heritage and history that is not shared with Japan, in particular their colonization by Europeans, which has resulted in many common political, cultural, and religious beliefs and institutions.23,26 Thus, we expected different patterns of knowledge for these 2 distinct immigrant groups despite their equivalent levels of acculturation to US society.
One hundred fourteen mothers of 20-month-old infants from 3 cultural groups participated: Japanese immigrants to the United States (n = 38), South American immigrants to the United States (n = 36), and European Americans living in the United States (n = 40). Participants lived in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Mothers were recruited to be demographically similar and to be representative samples of middle-class mothers in their particular ethnic group; US mothers were chosen from a larger sample to achieve sample size and demographic comparability with the Japanese and South American immigrant mothers and yet still be representative of the population of middle-class European American mothers living in and around Washington, DC. Table 1 shows sociodemographic information for the mothers in each ethnic group. Both groups of immigrant mothers were bicultural, as indicated by their scores on a 5-point acculturation scale30 (M = 2.18 and 2.36 and SD = 0.65 and 0.43, respectively, t[72] = 1.42 [nonsignificant]) and were either first- or second-generation Americans (meaning that either they or their parents immigrated to the United States), respectively: 35:3, 31:5, χ2 (1, n = 74) = 0.69 (nonsignificant). European American mothers were either fourth- or fifth-generation Americans (ie, most or all of their grandparents were born in the United States).
South American immigrant mothers were primarily from Argentina, Peru, and Colombia, and their first language was Spanish.31 In areas of the United States in which there are several Latino groups and not a large concentration of 1 particular Latino group, as is the case in the Washington, DC, area,31,32 people tend to identify themselves as Latino or by their regional affiliation rather than by their country of origin.33 Mothers participating in this study self-identified as South American by responding to an advertisement for South American families/familias de origen Sud Americano, an important methodologic issue for research with Latina participants.34 Empirically, there were no differences within the South American immigrant group on the dependent variables. Similarly, Japanese immigrant mothers self-identified as Japanese American, and their first language was Japanese. Our immigrant samples are demographically representative of immigrants from South America and Japan living in US metropolitan areas,31,32 and they are representative of Japanese and South American immigrants to the United States, who during the last 2 decades have been well educated, are from the urban middle class, and immigrated primarily for economic reasons.35–37
All data were collected in compliance with the National Institutes of Health Internal Review Board human assurance guidelines.
Participating mothers were recruited from hospital and newspaper birth announcements and mass mailings. Parenting knowledge data were collected directly from mothers. Data collection on parenting knowledge took place toward the end of the child's second year when the children were ∼20 months old. We studied parenting knowledge at that time for several reasons. First, the instrument we used to assess parenting knowledge covered the child's first 2 years. Moreover, we wanted information from mothers who were settled in the maternal role and whose cognitions about parenting had time to stabilize. Soon after parturition, many women experience fluctuations in mood38 and level of marital satisfaction,39,40 and we scheduled the collection of data on parenting knowledge to avoid these transient vicissitudes.
The Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory (KIDI) (D MacPhee, PhD, Manual for the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, unpublished data, 1981) was the principal measure in the study. The first criterion established for the KIDI was that it provides broad coverage of information. It assesses knowledge of effective parenting practices that promote children's healthy psychosocial development, developmental processes, health and safety guidelines, and developmental norms and milestones relevant to children from birth to 2 years of age. The inventory contains 75 items, 48 of which ask respondents to indicate whether they agree, disagree, or are unsure about a series of statements (eg, "You must stay in the bathroom when your infant is in the tub"). An additional 20 items ask parents to choose among 4 responses (agree, younger, older, or unsure) in relation to a statement about when a child should be able to achieve a particular milestone (eg, "Most infants are ready to be toilet trained by 1 year of age"). The remaining 7 items are either questions or sentence completions with 5 possible answers (eg, "The average newborn sleeps a total of: (a) 22 hours a day, (b) 17 hours a day, (c) 12 hours a day, (d) 7 hours a day, (e) not sure"). All items were worded so that they would be accessible to individuals with no more than a 6th-grade education and so as to be free of sociocultural biases (D MacPhee, PhD, Manual for the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, unpublished data, 1981). Responses were scored as incorrect (0) or correct (1). As a result of an instrument-validation process (see below) and to increase scale reliability,41,42 4 items were omitted from the analyses (items 1, 31, 39, and 40), and the proportion of total correct across the remaining 71 items was calculated for each mother. Because the data were binary, we performed principal component analyses by using binary similarity coefficients obtained from the 71 items used in larger US and cross-cultural data sets (n = 331 and 322, respectively). The analyses revealed a single dominant factor for data sets with eigenvalues for the first and second factors 51.5 and 4.1 for the US and 44.1 and 5.1 for the cross-cultural data. Extracting a single factor explained 72.5% and 62.1% of the total variance for the US and the cross-cultural data, respectively. The KIDI has good internal and test-retest reliability and construct validity (ie, it was positively related to degree of practical and professional experience with children [D MacPhee, PhD, Manual for the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, unpublished data, 1981]).
The KIDI is a widely used measure of knowledge of children's development,3,10,43,44 and it is used in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, currently being conducted by the Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services. The KIDI is also related to another widely used measure of mothers' knowledge of children's development: the Concepts of Development Questionnaire (CODQ) (ie, the KIDI was significantly positively related to the Perspectivistic subscale of the CODQ and significantly negatively related to the Categorical subscale of the CODQ7).
Sociodemographic information was gathered by using a Family Description Questionnaire (MH Bornstein, PhD, CS Tamis-LeMonda, PhD, JTD Suwalsky, MS, and OM Haynes, PhD, Family Description Questionnaire, unpublished data, 1991) and the Hollingshead Four-Factor Index of Social Status (AB Hollingshead, PhD, The Four-Factor Index of Social Status, unpublished data, 1975). Because differences exist between countries in the duration, quality, and content of schooling, bicultural researchers adjusted mothers' years of schooling so that the scales were equivalent to the Hollingshead scale. Several steps were taken to promote the validity and cultural appropriateness of all the instruments used, because we aimed to arrive at translations that had "adapted equivalence" across cultures from a psychologic perspective.45 The questionnaires, originally constructed and written in English, were first translated into Spanish and Japanese and then back-translated by bilingual bicultural South American and Japanese natives using standard back-translation techniques.46,47 The translated instruments next were checked for preservation of meaning and cultural appropriateness by professional psychologists or pediatricians from each country. Professionals and bilingual mothers from each culture who lived in the United States and were not participants in the study were then interviewed regarding the cultural validity of items in the instruments. Finally, pilot testing was undertaken to ensure that the instruments were comprehensible and ethnographically valid.45
Data-Screening Procedures
Data were examined for univariate and influential bivariate outliers by using scatter plots and numeric statistics: the studentized deleted residual, leverage, and Cook's SD. Initial estimates of optimal transformations were sought by evaluating inverse fitted-value plots and output from Box-Cox methods.48 The KIDI proportion-correct score was raised to the third power to approximate normality and reduce the number and influence of outliers.48,49 Transformed variables were used in all analyses; however, untransformed values are reported to facilitate interpretation. Sociodemographic variables appearing in Table 1 were examined as covariates. To qualify as a covariate, a sociodemographic variable had to correlate significantly (P < .05) and meaningfully (explain at least 5% of the variance) with mothers' KIDI score as well as have a significant effect in the analysis of covariance (P < .05). Only 1 covariate, mothers' education level, met these criteria. Because the assumption of homogeneity of regression slopes was not met for the analysis of covariance, different regression slopes were fitted for each cultural group by using mean-deviated scores.
What Mothers Know
An analysis of variance with 1 dependent variable (mothers' KIDI score) and 1 between-subjects factor (cultural group) with 3 levels (Japanese immigrant, South American immigrant, European American) compared immigrant mothers' knowledge of parenting to that of European American mothers. There was a significant main effect for cultural group on proportion-correct KIDI scores (F[2,111] = 23.62, P < .001, and ηp2 = 0.30), indicating that both Japanese immigrant mothers (M = 0.72; SD = 0.09) and South American immigrant mothers (M = 0.75; SD = 0.11) scored significantly lower than European American mothers (M = 0.84; SD = 0.05) on parenting knowledge, all Tukey's honestly significantly different (P < .05). These group differences remained when mothers' education level was controlled (F[2,108] = 19.04, P < .001, and ηp2 = 0.26).
What Mothers Do Not Know
What kinds of questions do immigrant mothers specifically fail to answer correctly? We identified 18 questions (25% of the inventory) for which ≥50% of immigrant mothers either answered incorrectly or said they did not know what the answer was. Of these 18 items, 13 (∼20% of the inventory) were ones that both Japanese and South American immigrant mothers tended to answer incorrectly. These items appear in Table 2. Nearly all the questions that Japanese immigrant and South American immigrant mothers experienced difficulty answering concerned normative aspects of children's development and parent-child relationships during infancy; none concerned children's physical health or safety.
Although 2 distinct groups of immigrant mothers were sampled, their overall scores on the KIDI were similar, and with a few exceptions, immigrant mothers answered correctly and failed to answer correctly the same sets of questions. Specifically, immigrant mothers experienced difficulty answering questions concerned with normative aspects of children's development and parent-child relationships during infancy but had less trouble answering questions about children's physical health or safety. In many ways, it is reassuring that parents tended to answer items concerning children's physical health or safety correctly. For example, because the use of excessive bedding such as soft pillows and blankets is associated with a higher incidence of sudden infant death syndrome,50 and because leaving an infant alone in a bathtub may put the child at risk for drowning, it is reassuring that the majority of Japanese and South American immigrant mothers we sampled knew to avoid these practices (94% and 98%, respectively). Similarly, because immunizations are essential to maintaining health and preventing disease in the infant's first year of life, that a majority (96%) of immigrant mothers report knowing this fact is also very positive. However, a majority (85%) of immigrant mothers do not know the age at which an infant can lift his/her head while lying on his/her stomach, which has direct implications for sudden infant death syndrome and the Back-to-Sleep program. This suggests that immigrant mothers generally may be unfamiliar with particular issues, and these areas may be ripe for intervention by pediatricians, development specialists, and parent educators.
The gaps in parents' knowledge about normative child development and the role of parents in their children's development indicate that more needs to be done in educating parents. For example, only ∼1 of 3 immigrant mothers knew that the average newborn cries ∼1 to 2 hours out of every 24 hours; ∼1 of 3 mothers thought the infant cried for 3 to 6 hours a day, and ∼1 of 3 did not know. Because crying is one of the primary ways newborn infants communicate their needs to their caregivers, if parents think that several hours of crying per day is normal, they may be less likely to respond to their infants' distress. Other questions immigrant mothers did not know have to do with infants' perceptual development (eg, "Infants have depth perception by 6 months of age [can tell that they are on a high place]"). Infants who crawl before they have depth perception might be more likely to find themselves in dangerous circumstances without closer parental surveillance.
Immigrant mothers also lacked some basic knowledge about infants' cognitive development. For example, <50% were able to answer the question: "An 8-month-old is most likely to be scared by: (a) dreams, (b) large animals, (c) being alone in the dark, (d) an unfamiliar person wearing a mask." This kind of knowledge can help a mother understand why her child, who loves to watch Barney on television, was afraid to go near the character when he made an appearance at the local mall. Similarly, mothers may not understand why their toddler is wary of them after they treat themselves to a change in hair style or color. Similarly, less than half of immigrant mothers were aware of developmental milestones for the onset of babbling and the age at which an infant can respond to his/her name. A mother who is aware of when the onset of babbling should occur and the age at which an infant can respond to his/her name will be more likely to identify potential hearing problems and bring them to the attention of her pediatrician than a mother who is unaware of such developmental markers. Immigrant mothers to Canada show similar patterns of ethnic variation. Pomerleau et al51 asked 3 ethnic groups in Montréal about normal ages of attainment of typical developmental milestones during the first 3 years of life: Although responses fit within a normative developmental range, significant differences emerged among ethnic groups for >1 of every 3 developmental milestones. Knowledge of developmental milestones is important because it is widely agreed that early intervention is key to preventing long-term problems in children. If parents are unaware of what those milestones are, they will be less likely to recognize and raise problems with their pediatrician.
Knowledge of normative infant behavior can also impact the mother-infant relationship and the mothers' feelings of investment in parenting and sense of competence. For example, if a mother is expecting a cuddly infant and does not realize that some normal infants do not enjoy being cuddled (as 2 of 3 immigrant mothers in our sample did not), she may feel that her infant is rejecting her. Similarly, only 22% of immigrant mothers in our sample were aware that it may take them time to become truly engaged with their infants and that their engagement with the infant may be regulated by infant behaviors such as infant smiling and eye contact. It is important for parents to realize that infant behavior also influences the parent-child relationship so that they do not put undue pressure on themselves in their new role as parents. That over 1 of 3 immigrant mothers thought that the way the parent responds to the infant in the first few months of life determines whether the child will grow up to be happy and well-adjusted, or moody and a misfit, and another 1 of 3 were not sure further illustrates the unnecessary pressure these mothers may be putting on themselves in their role as new parents.
Formal learning opportunities such as schooling and reading about child development and child rearing are likely to provide mothers with more accurate parenting knowledge than other common sources of parenting support such as family members or friends. Opportunities to glean such knowledge are commonplace52 and include taking parenting classes. Maternal education bears a close relation to individual variation in parenting53–55 and, through this relation, exerts an impact on child health56 and development57–59 even across a wide range of child age and ethnic-group membership.53,60,61
The process of acculturation involves exposure to and absorbing new parenting information. In the United States, European American mothers reference their education and tend to rely on expert advice, particularly in the form of published child-rearing materials.12,52,62 However, written materials are not a primary source of parenting knowledge for Japanese immigrant and South American immigrant parents as they are for European American parents. These differences in sources of information about child development and child rearing may explain European American mothers' greater knowledge of parenting norms for child development and child rearing in comparison to immigrant mothers.
Previous research has shown that, for Japanese American mothers living in the United States, acculturation level is predictive of parenting knowledge (ie, the higher the acculturation level, the more knowledge of child development).63 This suggests that although much of the knowledge base evaluated by the KIDI is universal because it is based on scientific research and clinical experience, cultural cognitions about parenting around the world, and especially outside the developed world, accord more or less harmoniously with this knowledge base.64 Parents in some cultures hold beliefs about child development or what constitutes ideal parenting that conflict with contemporary scientific knowledge, and future comparative studies of parenting knowledge might reflect on these differences.6,65 Parents' "naive theories" of development66 are an important source of variability in the timing and style of caregiving and can have consequences for children's development.67,68
Implications for Parenting Education and Pediatric Practice
Our findings have explicit implications for parenting education and pediatrics. Before we turn to them, however, a few caveats deserve mention. The results we report may not be relevant to multiparas or to mothers with children who were not healthy at birth or normally developing. Mothers with >1 child score marginally higher on the KIDI than mothers with only 1 child (MH Bornstein, PhD, CS Hahn, PhD, MA Suizzo, EdD, LR Cote, PhD, and OM Haynes, PhD, Cultural Sociodemographic and Experiential Factors Predicting Mothers' Knowledge About Child Development and Child Rearing: National Immigrant and Cross-National Studies, unpublished data, 2004) and mothers score higher on the KIDI when their infants are 20 months old than when they are 5 months old.30 However, these differences in KIDI scores are not large. Moreover, other research comparing primiparous and multiparous parents surprisingly suggests that neither parity nor children's birth order is associated with parenting knowledge (D MacPhee, PhD, Manual for the Knowledge of Infant Development Inventory, unpublished data, 1981, and refs 3 and 44) although first-borns are presumably reared by "inexperienced" parents who may still be ill at ease in their new role, and later-borns are reared by parents who are thought to be more experienced, relaxed, and competent.69 Finally, our samples were restrictive and our sample sizes are not large (∼40 mothers in each group); however, the provocative nature of the findings merits replication with other, larger immigrant samples.
Lack of knowledge of basic childcare is common (eg, the erroneous belief held by some parents that feeding of solid foods too early can lead to stomach discomfort and a more colicky infant) and can even be detrimental (as among maltreating parents).70 "Parenting education describes a range of teaching and support programmes which focus on the skills, feelings, and tasks of being a parent,"71(p222) and parenting educators are concerned, among other topics, with knowledge of child development and child rearing.72 Parent education is therefore opportunely positioned to influence the satisfaction and functioning of families by communicating knowledge about child development and child rearing that increases understanding by providing alternative models of parenting that widen parents' choices, teach new skills, and facilitate access to community services. However, parenting programs have traditionally met with mixed success in improving parents' knowledge.73 There is much information about child development and child rearing available today, but it is often poorly explained, frequently unusable, and commonly delivered in confidence-undermining ways. The need for readily accessible information that will both teach parents about their child's development and help parents cope with the challenges of parenting cannot be overstated. Perhaps specifying more exactly the areas of parenting knowledge to which they need to attend can improve this record.
Previous studies have found that pediatricians do not talk with parents enough about child development or child rearing but instead usually focus on basic care and health-maintenance issues.11,43,74,75 Reciprocally, parents generally do not view visits to the pediatrician as opportunities to learn about child development or child rearing in other than the physical health domain. This is a long-standing and continuing problem. Forty years ago mothers were surveyed concerning pediatric care and why parents sought well care76: Obtaining immunizations was mentioned as very important (96%), followed by having a complete physical examination (85%), and reassurance of normal growth and development (72%). Only 29% of mothers expressed a desire for information concerning child-rearing practices. Twenty years ago, patients viewed physicians as their main source of medical information, but >20% felt that physicians were not helpful.77 Physicians and patients disagreed on the amount and type of information that is desirable. Ten years ago, a nationwide survey of >2000 parents of children <3 years old found that only 42% of mothers discussed nonmedical concerns with their children's pediatricians.52
Mothers of young children may not provide pediatricians with sufficient incentives to initiate discussions about development, and pediatricians may not feel comfortable or qualified to discuss these issues with parents because they may receive insufficient training in developmental or parenting science to do so. Pediatricians themselves may not be aware of what parents know, think, and believe and how they cope with their children's development. And yet, 79% of mothers report that they could use more information in at least 1 area of child rearing, and 53% indicate wanting more information in ≥3 areas.52 More advanced parenting knowledge would enable medical professionals to better advise parents on the child-development and child-rearing questions that they want to ask. Pediatricians wishing to take preventive measures to promote their child patients' well-being may find parents highly receptive to their efforts. Pediatricians could provide more written or visual materials in their waiting rooms, they could more often initiate age-appropriate developmental discussions during regular office visits, or they could simply broaden their consultations on the child's physical health to include these other developmental domains. Alternatively, for physicians who wonder where they will find the time to do all of this, certified family life educators or developmental specialists working in cooperation with pediatricians might supply the answer for which both parents and pediatricians are looking.74,78 Specifically, Zero-to-Three's Developmental Specialist in Pediatric Practice Project74 reported that parents and pediatricians alike found developmental specialists to be a valuable addition to their pediatrics practices.79 Similarly, the Johns Hopkins University–American Healthway report "Defining the Patient-Physician Relationship for the 21st Century"80 offers additional recommendations for physicians and patients, including enhancing a sense of partnership and parents' assuming ultimate responsibility for managing their condition and use of care opportunities provided physicians.
The work of pediatricians can be enhanced by a better understanding of the state of parents' knowledge. Clinicians who know more about maternal expectations will be better able to interpret mothers' expressed concerns and opinions about their children's development10 as well as more accurately appraise their child patients. Insofar as expectations or the actual attainment of developmental skills and behaviors or illness states differ among members of diverse cultural groups, awareness of such differences will also help clinicians accurately interpret the significance of parents' reports about their children's health and development. Parents' reports should be understood as culturally value-laden, and physicians' interpretations of parents' opinions and concerns about their children will best be understood within the context of parents' cultural belief systems. In consequence, physician assessments will be more accurate and their use of resources more efficient and effective. Considering parental knowledge level and cultural background inevitably introduces a layer of complexity to the clinician's task, but to eschew or negate such considerations risks access to vital information about the child patient.
We thank H. Azuma, C. Galperín, K. Painter, L. Pascual, S. Toda, and C. Varron for collaboration, comments, and assistance.
- Copyright © 2004 by the American Academy of Pediatrics


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Here's a look at the prospects for GCU's fall sports teams, featuring men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country. Visit gculopes.com for schedules, news and features on GCU student-athletes and teams.READ MORE
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Eight Antelope fall and winter sports teams participated Wednesday evening in "Clash of the Titans," an end-of-the-year event organized by strength and conditioning coach Chuck Howard and his Performance Athletics staff. On the men's side, the soccer team prevailed against a field that included basketball, wrestling and swimming. On the women's side, volleyball came in first against the same three sports.READ MORE


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To spatchcock a turkey, you need a pair of sharp kitchen shears, big knife, possibly a small paring knife and, of course, your turkey.
You may run into a big bone toward of the middle of the turkey. If the scissors aren't doing the trick, switch over to a knife.
Once you've cut one side, just do the same to the other.
Remove the entire backbone and flip the turkey over, breast-side up.
Place both hands on the center of the turkey breast and press down firmly to break the breast bone. Need more leverage? Stand on a kitchen stool.
Once broken, tuck the wings back below the bird and huzzah! You've got a spatchcock turkey.
Now, don't throw away the backbone. Cut it in half, place it in a pan and it's a great base for stock., with root vegetables and any herbs you like.
Bring the stock water up to a boil, reduce the heat and gently simmer it for an hour to an hour and a half. Cool to room temperature, strain your liquids and you have a delicious home stock.


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- 48 - 59 EUR • Modern Cuisine
MICHELIN Guide's Point Of View
Nolla means 'Zero' and this incredibly friendly neighbourhood restaurant is all about zero waste. They don't accept packaging from their suppliers; their uniforms are made from discarded bed linen; and they have their own composter and microbrewery. Original dishes showcase local ingredients and give a nod to Spain.
- = Bib Gourmand: good quality, good value cooking
- ó Comfortable restaurant
Sustainable gastronomy
We use common sense to prevent waste which, over time, becomes a trend that everyone benefits from. It's painful to see waste and neglect and, once it is done, we cannot go back. It's simply a mindset and, for us, now a daily routine.
- Herbal pil pil sauce with smoked herring
- Whitefish with cabbage and pea cream
- 'Crema Catalana' á la Nolla
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A case of corruption in Bell, California today reached is conclusion with the conviction of 5 ex city employees, including the mayor, who used the city treasury to enrich themselves beyond all reasonable measures. Funny thing though, in most if not all, main stream media reporting, their party affiliation is not identified:
(Reuters) – Five former elected officials from the scandal-plagued California city of Bell were convicted on Wednesday of misusing municipal funds by collecting exorbitant salaries in a case that drew national attention as a symbol of public corruption.
Now I can guarantee you that had these folks been Republicans, that fact would have led each story in the head line. Fact is though these ex officials are all Democrats, so it's just another case of media malpractice which continues to misinform and mislead the low information voter. Because of this malpractice, we have so many liberal heads full of garbage as to what constitutes conservatism, that it may take decades to actually cut through and penetrate the bone deep ignorance of so many, but that will have to begin with a press that is willing to be objective rather than hyper partisan and emotionally charged. I am not holding out any hope. As it is, this story will just fade away, and little concern will be expressed by those liberals who profess to care so much for the middle class, who in this case were completely taken advantage of. Waiting for condemnation and outrage from our resident liberals.


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The importance of a good home skin care routine
With the rise of injectable cosmetics – 'wrinkle relaxing', lip fillers, 'botox', face contouring, thread lifts and the like, it could be assumed that skin care is low on the list of priorities. How wrong you would be!
I am talking from personal experience here – for several years I had regular (and I mean very regular) botox injections with a very lovely and experienced Aesthetic Nurse (and despite what I am about to write, would still recommend her in a flash – she's great!), and never gave the first thought to skin care. I do recall occasionally her mentioning words like 'sun screen' and 'serum' but I can honestly say that it did not register in my brain as something I should do.
Did I have a skincare routine?
No. Unless a pack of face wipes (I can hear my fellow aestheticians and beauticians recoiling in horror!!) and a pot of the cheapest moisturizer that was on offer constitutes a routine…
But why wasn't this enough?
Well here's a picture that might convince you…
The bottom picture is my skin when I was having regular botox injections. And then recently, at the top, 2 years after starting a proper skin care routine.
To inject or not to inject…
Within the first 6 months of starting to treat my skin with a bit of love and attention, I went from really feeling like I needed injections every 3 months, to suddenly starting to put it off more and more… I currently have had no injections in 12 months, and last time had far less than I had been having. Will I have it again? Absolutely! BUT…. My skin care and other treatments hugely take priority. My skin is glowing – that redness, inflammation and irritation is gone. I occasionally get a rosacea flare up but I am able to keep on top of it far easier now. It's no longer dry in patches and oily in others. My lines and wrinkles are far subtler, despite less of the toxin. My skin is hydrated, smoother and glowing.
Could I have done this without the treatments I've had? My pigmentation would probably be less improved, and my deeper lines probably would be worse than they are – but the irritation, redness and general health of my skin would still have improved hugely with the improvement in my skin care routine.
If i had to choose, what's the priority?
My number one priorty is SUNSCREEN – (If I've not spoken to you about sunscreen, have we even met?!). PROTECT PROTECT PROTECT!! Before we worry about anything else, let's do what we can to make sure things don't get any worse!
To me, taking OUT certain ingredients was as important as adding them – and my first step was to find a brand of quality but effective products that didn't have nasty chemicals in them – particularly chemical UV filters. That is what led me to Alumier, and I can honestly say I haven't looked back. No chemical UV filters, no perfumes, oils, dyes, parabens, sulphates or any carcinogenic nasties. Then it is about prioritising ingredients to tackle specific concerns. Retinol for antiageing, pigmentation and general skin health, other antioxidants (Vitamins C&E mainly ) for reversing the effect of free radicals in the environment, and other ingredients for skin health, removing pigmentation, plumping the skin, increasing cell turnover and a whole other raft of things that are possible long before you even consider treatments!
My priority for clients is to not overload them – if they are not used to doing a full skin care routine (like me!), to send them home with a bag full of products would not go down well. They would resent the money spent, and the products would likely spend the rest of their days sitting unused and degrading in a cupboard. I usually try to prioritise the products I recommend. Some people are keen to start a bigger range as they are already used to a skincare routine, but otherwise I prioritise the basics, and ensure they start to see results and get used to the routing before adding more to it.
The Perfect Routine.
Then I will reassess, and perhaps add another product until we are up to the routine we want to have. If something is working we can then slowly swap things out until we find the perfect routine for that client. A few of my clients have been kind enough to share their ranges, because they are very happy with the results that they are getting! You can see that they are all slightly different, because their treatment priorities are different.
What products?
The Alumier Essentials kit is a great initial product package, with a cleanser, serum and sunscreen for normal, oily or dry skins. Why not come across to our group – Skin Deep West Mids & Staffs to follow our 3 product testers through their trial with a full essentials kit! Want to know more? Our business FB page is here!
If you aren't sure where to start, our ½ hour initial product consultation is free of charge or you could add a more in-depth assessment and a mini-facial for £50, and this will give you a full product and treatment prescription (no obligation to book though, as always).


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The PRSA North Pacific District PR Practitioner of the Year Award is a regional honor for our District members to recognize those who have excelled professionally and given back to the industry through volunteer contributions to PRSA.
Does this sound like someone you know? Nominate him/her/them for the 2018 PRSA North Pacific District PR Practitioner of the Year Award today.
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Nominations should also include a letter of recommendation from someone who is not the nominator nor the nominee and must be submitted at the time of the recommendation.
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Tank pokemon are supposed to take hits AND hit back hard. Ex:Rhyperior. Wall pokemon are just supposed to sit there and take a lot of hits and don't really have a purpose for attacking. Ex. skarmory.
If tanks can defend themselves as well as attack back with their strong offenses what is the point of the existence in walls? If tank and walls both have the same purpose of serving as defenders but tanks are the only one who can hit back hard and walls cant, why use a wall? I know it depends on some pokemon like blissey, theres no better sp walls than her so some people might prefer using blissey but in general, why would anyone choose a wall over a tank
Well, walls aren't just there to "sit there and take a lot of hits and don't really have a purpose for attacking." Granted, most of them don't attack, but they usually make their mark in other ways than direct attacking.
Walls tend to focus more on supporting your team, whereas tanks are just bulkier, usually slower versions of sweepers. There's the classic staple of "toxistalling" in which you poison a pokemon, then spam protect and recovery moves to let the damage build up.
Walls are capable of easily setting up stat boosters for other teammates (perfect for Baton passing to teammates that may have trouble doing it themselves) You may try to set up things like stealth rock without essentially wasting a member of your team like so many frail leads do now.
Nearly every good wall has some form of recovery too, while tanks tend to just focus on hitting and going out after a while. Walls can just keep on taking hits, and can be pretty hard to bring down. Say I have sand up, along with a nice wall of my own, but your pokemon keep getting hurt by the sand, while mine are just fine.
You could also have a bulky pokemon carry something like heal bell to help out your teammates that have status crippling them. Strong offenses and attacking is great in the game, but it's not the only key to victory.


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Do you want to make sure that people notice your brand more on social media platforms such as Facebook? Well, in that case, you need the most appealing first impressions and Facebook cover photo will do this for you.
Yes, you heard it, right people. A Facebook cover photo will definitely help you out for sure.
Here in this guide, we are going to discuss exactly that and much more. Make sure that you stay tuned for some information people.
When it comes to social media, there is no doubt about the fact that Facebook is one of the most important things that we have so far. Facebook is a platform that people mostly use for communicating with other people on the internet and for posting some pictures and videos about their lives. This is where the businesses enter, as they can target a huge number of relevant audiences and convert them for their products and services.
But that is not all that Facebook is used for these days. When we talk about the best uses of Facebook, the businesses and brands are using this social media platform in order to create more awareness and promotions for their brand.
Perhaps, one of the most important parts of having a powerful Facebook page is to create the perfect Facebook cover photo. You need to make sure that everything is correct in that Facebook cover photo of yours. After all, it is the first thing that people will be seeing when they visit your profile, right? So, why not create a profile photo that will impress everyone?
But how on earth are you going to do that if you don't know the best practices to create a Facebook cover photo? Well, worry not people. We are here to help you out with everything.
Top Tips for The Creation Of Facebook Cover Photo
While you need to make sure that the size and resolution in your cover photo for Facebook are amazing, there are some other important things that you need to keep in mind as well. Here we have provided some of the best practices that you can use in order to make sure that you have the best Facebook cover photo for sure.
Make Sure That The Size And The Resolution Are Proper
When you are creating a Facebook cover photo, you need to make sure that you keep one thing in mind. The size and the resolution of the Facebook cover photo need to be just perfect. If the size and the resolution are not within the limit provided, then the cover photo will definitely not be uploaded into the Facebook profile that you have.
Surely, you do not want that to happen to you, right?
Then you need to make sure that the cover photo that you are selecting is under the size and the resolution limit.
You always need to select a picture that has got some good quality because if you want to resize it to fit the size and resolution limit, then the quality of the photo will not be compromised much.
As per the recommendations of Facebook, cover photos should be 820 pixels wide by 312 pixels tall on computers and 640 pixels wide by 360 pixels tall on mobile devices such as Smartphone.
On the mobile devices, Facebook will be cropping out the sides of your cover photo while more your Cover Photos heights will be visible on these devices.
On the desktop devices, Facebook will be cropping top and bottom of your cover photo and displaying more width of your cover photo.
Make Sure That The Cover Photo Represents The Brand
You are creating a cover photo of your Facebook account for a reason, right? It is to create more and more awareness for the brand, right? Well, how do you think that is possible if the cover photo that you create doesn't even resemble the brand properly?
Well, this is why you need to make sure that your cover photo on Facebook is representative of the brand for sure. Most of the people these days who visit the profile of yours will get the information about the brand from your cover photo itself.
So, you need to definitely make sure that the brand cover photo that you create is something that tells the people about the company image and the services that the company of yours provide. If you do this, then you will see that the results are impressive for sure.
Most of the times, having a cover photo that is representative of the brand also help in turning the visitors into loyal customers of the brand. So, make sure that you try that one out for sure.
You could easily use the picture of your team or the logo of your brand to make people understand a bit about the brand that you have. So, what is stopping you, people? Go ahead and try it out.
Visuals Are Very Important.
Since you are creating a Facebook cover photo, this is probably a very important thing that you need to remember. We all know about the 20% rule of Facebook cover photos, right?
Well, in case you don't know about it, Facebook had a rule that just 20% of the photo that you use as a Facebook cover photo should have text in it.
This will prevent users from making unnecessary promotions for the pictures. Also, the vital functions that Facebook has will be maintained as well. However, the rule doesn't really exist anymore and people have been taking advantage of that. However, you need to make sure that you are careful while taking advantage of it.
Sure, having a little bit of text on the Facebook cover photo is an amazing thing as it will help people understand more about the company. But one thing that you need to be cautious about is that you cannot put more text. Otherwise, the cover photo might lose all the visual appeal that it has. This is one of the most important things that we have to say to you here.
There are many other practices that you need to follow. You need to make sure that the cover photo that you choose is matching the guidelines of Facebook. Also, you need to make sure that you choose the cover photo text alignment very carefully as well. These are some of the things that really matter when you are creating a cover photo for Facebook.
Know what your Facebook Cover Photo Should Feature
Best practices of Facebook Cover Photo solely depend upon the things that you want to feature on your Facebook page. You can use your cover photo for driving leads and ensuring sales generation. You can combine your Cover Photo with a CTA button on your Fb page.
In the description of your cover photo, you can give the links of your landing page that will be helping you with more conversions.
You can also opt for UGC that is user-generated content. You can use such type of content for your Facebook Cover Photo that will ultimately help you in ensuring more productive loyalty building on Facebook.
You can use your Facebook Cover Photo for advertising any upcoming event, webinar, product launch. Just come up with an appealing visual that can pull in your prospect to check the details of that upcoming event. See in the image how Social Media Examiner is using Facebook Cover Photo to talk about an upcoming event –
Featuring team and employee or showing off your store are also some of the best practices that you need to pay attention to, as this will help you use your Facebook Cover Photo to support the sales potential of your brand.
Pay Attention to the Don'ts of Facebook Cover Photo
Facebook cover photo does have the magical power of converting leads, but there are some practices that can detract your audiences. You have to avoid those practices. One of such practice is excessive use of text.
If you use text just for branding, it is good, but having a cover photo that is having excessive use of Text overlay is for sure is not a productive move. Your image itself should have the visual power to speak.
Your cover photo should never have so many things that it can turn difficult for the users to concentrate upon the main objective. Having too many colors and focal point in an image is strict no for Facebook Cover photo.
Never opt for any generic image to represent your brand on Facebook as this will not help you create the kind of impact you are hoping for. Not using your brand logo or other related stuff is also not a good thing, and you should use your Facebook Cover Photo for effective branding as well.
So, these are some of the best practices that you can use in order to create the best Facebook cover photo.
Make sure that you follow all the tips carefully and you will be fine for sure.
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Easter Bunting Wishes Greeting Card
Part of the 'Spring' collection, this is a contemporary design entitled 'Easter Bunting Wishes'. Beautifully hand-drawn and printed on 350 gsm board, which comes with a luxury kraft coloured envelope and is left blank inside so you can write your own special message.
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15 May 2017
Australia's first elevated indoor forest is set for construction in Melbourne. The 48-level development will feature a mature tree 'forest' and vertical climbers, among other soft landscaping elements.
The former Celtic Club site in Melbourne's CBD will soon feature Australia's first 'elevated' indoor forest with prices starting from $500,000.
Developer Beulah International, Fender Katsalidis and renowned landscaper Paul Bangay will deliver the mixed-use development known as Paragon, and will feature 220 luxury apartments.
The luxury apartments and indoor soft landscaping elements will exist throughout the 48-level project. The urban forest will be incorporated across three storeys and will act as a conservatory-like feature with a carefully composed selection of mature trees, leafy canopies, climbing gardens and grassy spaces, complete with refined terrazzo pavers and outdoor seating zones.
The architectural design of the development will seek to maximise views inside and out, allowing the majority of residences prized corner vistas while limiting density to between four and six residences per floor, and two penthouses occupying the topmost, 48th level.
Paul Bangay said the conception of the urban forest project results from an increasing desire in our communities to create green space above street level. "The forest we're creating is not your typical roof space or balcony space; it's three storeys high which means we're able to bring in tall trees."
So far, the word is that towering Ficus trees will crown the space, while lush ground-covers will trail across pavers to a vertical masonry wall covered in pockets of greenery, creepers and cascading water. Beulah International Executive Director Adelene Teh said it was important for residents to feel as though they had a sanctuary where they could escape the urban environment of the surrounding streetscape.
"We want residents to feel like they're not so much in a high-rise building, but rather out in a garden; a sanctuary protected from natural elements," she said.