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...that they can live with that as long as people don't revolt. At the end of September, China's central bank predicted consumer price rises would accelerate from an average 4.6% rate this year to 5% in 2008. Higher food costs continue to be a worry. As Chinese grow richer, they are eating more meat, which pushes up demand for grains such as soy and corn, says Jing Ulrich, head of China equities at JP Morgan in Hong Kong. Although Ulrich expects food prices to stabilize by year's end as the pork supply recovers, she says inflationary pressures...
...fear that the children will succeed and put parents out of a job? We cannot hold our children's wings all their lives and then expect them to know how to fly when we let them go. Kids need parents, but they also need the freedom to learn and grow. Let them experience the sting of failure and the joy of success. And trust them! Danica Conway, Longmont, Colo...
...about six years after he arrived at Harvard, Venky decided that the best way for the division to grow was to change its status and become a separate school...
Unfortunately, as extreme sports like marathons, long-distance bike rides and triathlons grow in popularity, the number of inexperienced athletes also keeps growing. And unless there is awareness of how dangerous excessive drinking of water can be, some endurance athletes may be at risk...
...fear that the children will succeed and put parents out of a job? We cannot hold our children's wings all their lives and then expect them to know how to fly when we let them go. Kids need parents, but they also need the freedom to learn and grow. Let them experience the sting of failure and the joy of success. And trust them! Danica Conway, LONGMONT, COLO., U.S. Poniewozik's article was a quick yet deeply gratifying read. In one page he managed to sum up the rationale and angst we "helicopter" parents have about our parenting style...