Opinion | Speak Your Mind
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Sunday May 20
Focus: Money on your mind
Do people hesitate to sacrifice good will or courtesy if they stand to gain money?
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Thursday May 10
Focus: Lying for success
Has it become OK to lie on your CV?
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Friday Apr 13
Focus: The formula to happiness
Can money and financial freedom ever be separated from happiness? How practical is it really to say “money can’t buy happiness”?
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Thursday Apr 5
Focus: Honesty — ethics or ego?
Is a compulsion to always speak the truth based on the need to uphold values or simply to pander to our egos?
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Thursday Mar 22
Ambition, sport and other things
For years governments have invested in schools that only provide academic education
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Thursday Mar 22
Focus: Celebrating sport
Why sporting achievements are not given the importance they deserve?
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Thursday Mar 15
Do devices rule our world?
Technological advancements have blurred boundaries which existed for a purpose
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Thursday Mar 15
Focus: Switching off
Are we unable to enjoy experiences in the scramble to tweet or update statuses?
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Thursday Mar 8
Focus: Generation Y
Say Hello to Generation Y — the current 20- to 30-year-olds.
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Sunday Mar 4
Focus: Generation Y
We have opened a page for robust debate among you. This page does not have a political stand and should be read in that spirit. We do not seek either to offend or to appease. We strive to present all points of view but expressed in a civil manner. Speak up and be heard on the following:
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Thursday Mar 1
Focus: Cultural ignorance
Why is the knowledge of the local heritage so low?
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Thursday Feb 23
Focus: Disciplining children
Gulf News readers debate: How far do you think parents seem to have been pushed?
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Thursday Feb 16
Awareness campaigns need to address fundamental problems
Inappropriate use of authority in a family has negative effects on the entire household
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Thursday Feb 16
Focus: Violent marriages
Gulf News readers discuss the issue of spousal violence and what can be done to address it.
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Thursday Feb 16
Focus: Disciplining children
We have opened a page for robust debate among you. This page does not have a political stand and should be read in that spirit. We do not seek either to offend or to appease. We strive to present all points of view but expressed in a civil manner. Speak up and be heard on the following:
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Thursday Feb 9
Parents’ role is not limited to providing material resources
They must also endeavour to develop their children’s moral and ethical framework
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Thursday Feb 9
Focus: Parenting in absentia
Gulf News readers debate the issue of parenting in absentia — the problems and the impact on children and families.
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Thursday Feb 9
Focus: Violent marriages
Speak Your Mind: Violent marriage
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Friday Feb 3
Focus: Parenting in absentia
Do most parents use the presence of nannies as an excuse for negligent parenting?
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Thursday Feb 2
Focus: Declining honesty
Gulf News readers debate whether honesty and integrity are on a decline in society
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Saturday Jan 28
Focus: Declining honesty
Is society today less honest than ten years ago?
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Thursday Jan 26
Does the internet need taming?
With the Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA) debate under way, Gulf News readers discuss whether or not there is a need to control online piracy.
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Thursday Jan 26
Focus: Controlling the internet
Gulf News readers delve into the issue of piracy and if the internet needs to be controlled.
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Thursday Jan 19
Focus: Overindulging children
Are parents, knowingly or not, overindulging children?
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Tuesday Jan 17
Focus: Overindulging children
Most parents are failing in setting a limit on their child’s demands
Your turn
Community Reports
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Collapsed wall is a safety hazard
Site not cleared although structure fell down a month ago and children are playing nearby
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Mirror, mirror show me the way
Driver on Salam Street had so many boxes and fruits piled into car, he would not be able to view rear or right side mirrors
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Parents should be more vigilant
Reader's picture highlights risk of negligence by caretakers
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Warming up to ‘Mobilise the Earth' theme
Dubai school dedicates a whole week to celebrating Earth Day with can-collection drives, sapling plantation and painting competition among others
