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...economic toll has been accompanied by social tragedy. South Koreans, who once adhered to the Confucian nostrum of assiduous saving, are now struggling to cope with harassment by creditors and the shame of personal bankruptcy. Newspapers have reported a rash of suicides, violent crime, kidnappings and prostitution attributed to overborrowing. In September, a deep-in-hock housewife leaped to her death from a ninth-floor apartment, taking her 13-year-old daughter with her. In August, two young women with heavy credit-card bills killed themselves by drinking a cocktail of alcohol and poison. "I often speak to debtors...
Medication without proper treatment is another form of institutionalizing our children. In a society that demands fast results, we prescribe a pill for every psychological disorder. This only masks the symptoms, however, without dealing with the root causes of a disorder, and it fails to teach children how to cope effectively. Freely prescribing drugs is detrimental not only to children's futures but also to our society. GRACE KONG New York City...
...never knew much about his life as a veteran because he rarely spoke of it, even after he finally opened up—he could at least suppress what he would rather forget. I suppose that’s how many combat survivors cope, especially those who returned home before psychiatry and medicine were better tailored to their fitful unease...
...agonizing case of Terri Schiavo has revived the RIGHT-TO-DIE debate. In a 1990 story (featuring Christine Busalacchi and her father on the cover), TIME explored how families cope...
When asked if her own name was difficult to cope with and whether she had “found” her own identity, Lahiri said that she didn’t think identity could ever be found, but that her own two worlds were not always compatible. In her opinion, her two worlds don’t always “sit side by side smoothly,” and in this respect, much of the novel draws upon her own experiences as the daughter of Indian immigrants...