Word: parents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lives, says Tom, is never letting work get in the way of your participation. He tells stories of flying home to Chicago one night and flying back the next morning in time for work, all so he could attend his daughter's school performance. He listens in to parent-teacher conferences and doctor visits over the speakerphone. The implication is that, if you are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to succeed in your career, why wouldn't you apply that kind of motivation to your family life...
...taking certain courses, for example). We've actually eliminated several small charges over the past five years by folding them into the general costs of going to college here. It seems petty and annoying to see this one charge still broken out; the person paying it (typically a parent) might reasonably say, "For heavens' sake, just tell me what it costs to go to Harvard and stop the nickling and diming...
...effort shouldn't go in only one direction. Kids should be encouraged to watch some of the shows their parents regularly watch, whether it's 60 Minutes, The Antiques Road Show or Gilligan's Island. They may tell you they're lame, but who knows? Your kid might be impressed that you know all the original plots to the shows on Nick at Nite. The point is, you--not the television--get to be the parent...
...found your article on the accelerated rate of teaching reading and math in kindergarten very interesting [EDUCATION, Nov. 8]. I am a parent of a six-year-old kindergartner who has been "redshirted," or held back from starting first grade. I did not make this decision based on theories like that of the early-education consultant who claims that kids need "more time in the classroom." Quite the contrary. I felt that what our young son needed most was more time to play. If what he has ahead of him in later grades is the kind of education tedium that...
KIDDIE CARD Will technology-savvy teens take to the cashless society? Visa will soon find out. The company has launched a new debit card aimed at teenagers. The Visa PocketCard allows a parent or employer to make funds available to his or her "customer" electronically. "It is an account, but it's virtual," says William Scheurer, CEO of PocketCard Inc. You can transfer funds--via phone or online--from your bank account to an Internet one, so your teens can prowl the malls and the Web or chow down at Chili's. You can apply for this card only online...