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...McAfee, former religious liaison for the Clinton White House, may have the most original idea for you: the church at Fort Myer, the Army base just across the Potomac in Arlington, Va. "I grew up an Army brat," she says, "and I think the Obamas could solve a lot of potential problems by going to a military chapel. They wouldn't have to worry about security because it's already on an Army base. It would fit in with Michelle Obama's commitment to military families. The congregation is racially diverse, because it's drawn from members of the military...
...eggs in the first place. "So many wealthy families don't know anything about raising kids in a healthy environment," says Thayer Willis, author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors. The daughter of multimillion-dollar parents herself, Willis says she was a "spoiled brat" in her youth. She quit jobs whenever things didn't go her way and spent money without limits - until she realized this was not the path to a satisfying existence. "Outsiders think, 'If I just had financial wealth, life would be so easy and I would be happy,'" says Willis...
...Willis, the author and reformed spoiled brat, stresses that children need to experience the lives of the less fortunate to develop a "grateful spirit." She advises finding charitable causes for kids and ensuring that they see the results of their philanthropy. By researching different programs and working with a team of volunteers, youngsters can gain valuable perspective on how the rest of the world lives and how better to prioritize their own "give-save-spend ratio," says Willis. Helping others is a powerful tool for teaching children about sacrifice and detachment from material things, she says...
Awkward pain is not exactly news in teen movies. John Hughes got it just right in his Brat Pack pictures of the mid-'80s (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and their kin), and so did the never-to-be-equaled Heathers. Nick & Norah just takes adolescent isolation a step further by ditching the parent figures and leaving the kids to forge their own ethics and agendas on one make-or-break night in Gotham. The plot's twin spurs are that Norah has to keep tabs on her alkie friend Caroline (Ari Graynor) - her nickname is Winehouse - and that...
Time-out for DA BRAT; sentenced to three years for assault...