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Miles giggles joyously. He turned four last week, but his speech development is lagging, and while April understands him, Miles is often unintelligible to outsiders. When the problem was first flagged a couple years ago, he could speak only a few words. “I just wanted him to say ‘Mommy,’” April remembers...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...apartment building on Alphonsus Street. There, he and several other children spend their days in a small, green-carpeted room on the 10th floor, complete with toys, diapers, and a window, among other amenities. The whole thing costs $160 a week. At 7:40, Miles is the first to arrive...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...outside,” April says, adding with a smile. “But he is loved. He’s so loved.” Miles has been a regular since he was seven months old, since the day April started graduate school—for the first time, at least...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...seem worth it, so he turned it down. It was a decision he’d later regret. Houses often pick resident tutors from the non-resident pool because the masters and House staff are already familiar with them, but Sebastián says nobody told him that at first. Having a child also hurt his chances, he says, and particularly at Kirkland, which hasn’t been deleaded and so cannot house children five or younger. Since he became a tutor, other student parents have started asking Sebastián for advice on their applications...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

Might. Because, children aside, the demand for tutor positions is so great that landing the job is more improbable than being admitted to Harvard in the first place. This year, Kirkland House has openings for two people; 316 applied...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Baby Balancing Act | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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