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...child of divorce, and I consider myself blessed. My parents acted like civilized adults when it came to me. They didn't use me as a Ping-Pong ball or as a vehicle to hurt each other. This is the key: what matters is not the divorce but how the parents act in the aftermath...
...true that welfare mothers are not normally sticklers for down pillows, although I suppose all that could change under an Administration guided by compassionate conservatism. Even so, I will never use Bush's pillow preference against him. In fact, I might point out that, if my experience is any guide, it could be an asset if he's President. I see him sitting next to the Prime Minister on a state visit to Greece. The Prime Minister, being a reader of the American press, is braced to be asked how the Grecians are doing or whether Athens has any major...
...appear, since a second wage earner's job is accompanied by costs such as child care, transportation, restaurant meals, work clothes, cleaning bills and a higher income- tax bracket. Sheila Grillo, 34, a former sales rep who stays home with her three children in Bowie, Md., learned to use coupons, buy on sale and scale back. "Over the years my whole mind-set changed about material things," she says...
...opposed to vegan diets for kids. But increasingly, nutritionists, educators and parents--all too aware of a nationwide obesity epidemic--are taking more relaxed vegetarian diets in stride. In an effort to reduce fat in federally subsidized school lunches, the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this year expanded the use of soy as a nutritious alternative to meat...
LEARNING TO LEARN The thinking has long been that kids with dyslexia and other learning disabilities must work twice as hard to absorb as much as their peers. Now some teachers are making classwork more inviting to all students by adopting dyslexia-friendly "universal instructional designs" that use visual aids like slides, repeat concepts several times and allow more time for tests and note taking...