Word: authorization
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Meagher said he felt the University is betraying its humanitarian ideals and those of some its graduates, citing Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs '36 and John F. Kennedy...
...million stepmothers in the U.S., most of them with part-time custody. While there are obviously stepmothers who love the role, many other women encounter problems. "You have to learn how to traverse a minefield of emotions--yours, your husband's and the kids'," says therapist Sue Patton Thoele, author of The Courage to Be a Stepmom...
...society: the birth mother--Mom. Whether the first wife is still in the picture or deceased, idealized thoughts about her haunt a stepmother's new home. "The mere fact that these children exist means that the first marriage in some ways lives on in hers," says Cherie Burns, author of Stepmotherhood. Stepmothers are often seen as stepmonsters, wicked characters in fairy tales or destructive home wreckers...
Stepmotherhood can look particularly alluring to women who have never had children. But Philippa Greene Mulford, author of Keys to Successful Stepmothering, refers to this as the "Whoops! I forgot to have kids. Let me get a ready-made family" syndrome. "That's a huge trap," she warns. Those who have been parents have at least some experience in family relationships. But a neophyte may find it tough sledding. Add career to the equation, and the result may be a total meltdown. "Being a successful female executive does not require the same skills you need to be a stepmother," says...
...really. That sugary last sentence, conjuring a toy town in a glass paperweight, doesn't describe Northampton or, fortunately, Kidder's fond but unsentimental book. The author's great gift, in fact, is for looking at his subjects straight on. He did this impressively in The Soul of a New Machine (1981), about the development of a supermini-computer, and in House (1985), about the jostling interchanges among architect, builders and buyers of a private home...