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...obsession with kids' achievement, but there is another explanation. When I was growing up in the 1980s, many mothers entered the workforce full time; the trend was an economic boon, but it also created problems. For hours after school, kids languished at home alone or entered overcrowded programs. Unlike earlier generations, parents now tend to have fewer kids and more modern conveniences. We have the freedom to rebel against the '80s era and be more involved. Overparenting may be on the decline partly because of economics and not strictly a philosophical backlash...
...earlier version of the Dec. 3 news article "FAS, Four Other University Schools Offer Retirement Plan for Faculty Members" incorrectly stated that Princeton had put in place an early retirement plan for its faculty. In fact, Princeton's early retirement package applied only to staff...
...last explanation: if one believes that 10 or 20 years down business career tracks, when going back to earlier ambitions is rarely possible, those choices will be the ones that have created the greatest happiness for those individuals...
...Despite earlier projections of a December opening, the 14 JFK St. space that previously housed Z Square café will likely remain empty until early spring, according to Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association...
...mistrust, with the living quarters of allied and Afghan troops separated by walls, razor wire, guarded gates and machine-gun nests. "Currently, coalition forces eat, sleep and play in separate spaces from the people they are trying to train," U.S. Marine Captain Jason Moore noted in a report earlier this year for the Corps' Command and Staff College at Quantico, Va. In part, that's because Taliban sympathizers in the Afghan military have shot and killed U.S. troops. "Intentional or not, it conveys a sense of distrust, hostility and disrespect to their hosts...