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...dilemmas adult children must confront at that point, caregiving--who does it, where it is done, how it is shared (or not)--is one of the most charged. The practical tasks occur in the midst of one of our most difficult emotional passages as adults. Our parents' frailty forces us to confront our own mortality. And in that emotionally volatile atmosphere, the psychic baggage from childhood complicates the important work of caregiving...
...With few exceptions, one sibling in a family gets to be--or gets stuck with being--the primary caregiver. Whether that means stopping by Dad's to run errands, nursing an Alzheimer's patient in the spare bedroom or responding to late-night calls from the nursing home, one adult child usually does the lion's share...
...Matthews, the caregiver is the female child who lives closest and the one who is single or has the fewest career or family responsibilities. Sometimes a son will take on that role, but it is rarely a group effort. Less understood are the underlying psychological reasons that a particular adult child steps up to embrace--or gets stuck with--a parent's late-life needs. But, clearly, the history of family relationships--which child was more in synch with which parent, which siblings were close in age or temperament--influences how, where and by whom the needs of the parents...
...carry serious graphic literature has been a polarizing subject in the comics world since at least the 1960s. Hardcore fans of indie creators see superheroes as mere kid's stuff, while fans of traditional superhero books insist that the genre can be used to explore all kinds of sophisticated, adult concerns. As with any question of art, no definitive answer will ever be reached, but some fresh thoughts came to mind on the subject thanks to a new series by Paul Chadwick, Concrete: The Human Dilemma, and a recent panel I attended on the future of the graphic novel. Among...
...accurately, and to acknowledge and to atone for mistakes. So we debate for hours on questions like whether to print the names of victims of sensitive crimes or whether we have sufficient knowledge and sourcing to back up a scoop. We consult our lawyers—essentially the only adult advisers we have—not just when we think that a story might be libelous, but also on the ethics of our decisions. Our internal e-mail list is often the site of heated debates over Crimson policies or Crimson stories. Indeed, the issues that the student raised...