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Spousal benefits were originally intended to aid families where one parent remained home to care for children and thus would not receive his or her own coverage, Silva says. Gay and lesbian partners are not covered, he says, because the university assumes both partners will work and that "children aren't an issue...
...ended its season's run earlier this month. But their CBS sitcom Family Man, about a fire fighter raising four kids, will return from hiatus later in the spring. And the duo is gearing up yet another family comedy for ABC in the fall, this one about two single-parent clans that move in together...
...greatest tensions may surround the children. While the troops were away, babies learned to walk, teenagers got their driver's licenses, and children may have developed habits that are distressing to the returning parent. The Navy, which flies teams of mental-health workers to ships coming back from the gulf, counsels patience and tolerance. "We tell them that if their teenager shows up on the dock with long hair and a ring in one ear, that isn't the time to say, 'Hey, what happened to you,' " notes Falk. Many children will have formed deeper bonds with the parent...
...youngsters will rush to greet the returning parent with open arms. Children under age five often hold back or cry. Teenagers are "unpredictable as ever," says Fink. Experts advise that children be warned in advance that Mom or Dad may act and even look a little different. Rereading letters from the front can also help them prepare for the reunion...
...profits pouring in, time and again, management agreed to union demands for unneeded jobs, overtime guarantees and restrictive work rules, rather than risk a strike. By the 1980s, featherbedding was so extreme that despite annual revenues approaching $425 million, losses averaged $1 million a month. At least twice, the parent Tribune Co. in Chicago explored a shutdown. Both times the plan foundered on the immediate price tag: more than $100 million, mainly for severance pay and pensions...