Table of Contents

February 22, 2005

The Role of Mothers as Educators

Mothers are generally acknowledged as important educators of young children. What challenges are they facing in various parts of the world? How are they meeting these challenges?

3 The Challenges Mothers Face

5 Mothers Meeting the Challenges

9 A Mother’s Honored Role

12 Catholicism With an African Flavor

21 “Junk” DNA?

22 Conch​—A Taste of the Islands

28 Watching the World

30 From Our Readers

31 She Learned It From Awake!

32 Why So Many Religions?

Where Six Continents Meet 14

Learn about a place in Eastern Europe where visitors can see animals from six continents in a natural setting.

Happy to “Go the Extra Mile” 24

Read how this young woman took Bible truths to her family in a remote region of Madagascar.

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