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...many families, when legitimate disputes break out over how to care for Mom or Dad, old issues of parental hurts and sibling rivalry are likely to be lurking under the surface. One of the hardest obstacles for siblings to overcome is the unequal burden 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...
...third floor of the Science Center, the 16 voting members of the Committee on General Education—and ex officio members including Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and University President Lawrence H. Summers—had a heavy burden on their shoulders...
When Howard and Holzapfel returned for their junior season—accompanied by five others from the 2003 boat—they immediately felt the burden of doing it all again. Sophomore year, they were naïve, they were young, and they won convincingly. Anything less in 2004 would be a devastating failure...
DeLone will attend business school at Wharton next year with hopes of returning to tennis on the business side of the WTA. She says that without the typical burden of extracurriculars she has missed far fewer classes than the typical college student. “Now it makes me wonder how other athletes do it, and keep everything balanced...
...faculty, some who don’t prefer faculty and use their House, some who use the tutorial office as the first line,” she suggests. “That may be fine that we offer several options and they’re not locked in. The burden is up to students to find what they like...