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...their child's potential. "Sorry," says Anne, "no therapist can fix an average IQ." Parents tend to retreat a little once their child reaches high school, though subject choices in the senior years can fire them up again. "It's often dads who will be absolutely determined that their daughter do (advanced) maths," says Vicki Waters, principal of St. Margaret's Anglican Girls School in Brisbane. When staff know that a subject will be beyond a girl's capability, "We do strongly counsel the parents as to what we believe is the best option for their daughter...
...midlife crisis. I mean, I've got most of the prerequisites: a kid who has left the nest for college, 25 years at the same company, hot flashes and an outdated hairstyle. The problem is, I can't quite squeeze it in. I've got this 11-year-old daughter who, while quite tolerant of my yoga habit, just might go off the rails if I indulge my yen for a six-month retreat at an ashram in Kerala. Then there's the college-tuition bill. Do you think Skidmore would cook up an emergency scholarship...
...office, he displays a pile of medals from marathons. Across from his desk is a pile of stuffed animals, many of them discarded by his 14-year-old daughter. If he hears a visiting child crying in the building, Evans rushes out with a neon green bunny rabbit or teddy bear dressed as a police officer. They’re piled up on a chair across from his desk, a sharp contrast to his metal prizes...
...addition to his sister, Uviller is survived by his wife, the Honorable Rena Katz Uviller; his daughter, Daphne Rachel Uviller; and a granddaughter...
...Kumin’s parents were Reform Jews, but from kindergarten through second grade, they let their daughter attend the nearby convent instead of walking a mile each way to the local public school. When Kumin came home with a stolen rosary at the end of second grade, however, her parents pulled her out of classes at the convent, realizing that their daughter was rapidly embracing Catholic dogma. “I formed an unspoken bond with Jesus,” Kumin says. In “Halfway,” she writes...