Word: sonly
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...prevent real dangers like the ones my friend's son faced, it's critical to get to know other parents and clarify your concerns before your child visits. Margaret Sagarese, co-author of The Roller-Coaster Years, suggests this icebreaker: confess that you're struggling with a certain child-safety issue, and ask the other parent how she deals with it. "I know what you mean" is an encouraging response. "I don't know what you're talking about...
...friend's nine-year-old son recently returned, elated, after a weekend with a classmate and his family. "Guess what, Mom?" he crowed. He and his buddy had eaten loads of junk, dodged two bedtimes and, best of all, played with BB guns and pocketknives. His mother, an admitted health and safety nut, was shocked. "These are such nice people," she said. "I can't believe they let my kid run wild without giving me the chance to say no--and believe me, I would have...
Meanwhile, my friend is still smarting from her son's illicit weekend, which gave him the dangerous impression that his parents' rules don't apply when he's away from home. "I'm not sure what to say to the other mom without offending her," reports my friend, "but I know I have to say something." She'd better think fast: her son has a standing invitation to go back...
DIED. CARL ALBERT, 91, Oklahoma Democrat and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1971 to '77; in McAlester, Okla. A coal miner's son, he represented Oklahoma's Third District for 30 years until retiring in 1977 and twice stood a heartbeat away from the presidency. A pragmatist, he said, "I like to face issues in terms of conditions and not in terms of someone's inborn political philosophy...
...premise of this would-be son of Forrest Gump is an idealistic Ponzi scheme. The receiver of a good deed must do good deeds for three other people. They, in turn, must benefit a total of nine. Before long, millions are doing unto others, assuming Saddam Hussein and his like are kept out of the loop. It's an appealing idea but--sorry to be a meanie--seriously stunted. Hyde tells far more than she shows. A plodding love affair, tinny dialogue and awkward symbolism don't help. It's as if the novelist had ceded her imagination...