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Here are mine: the television should not be on during mealtime or while a child is doing homework. Kids should ask an adult for permission before turning it on. Parents should convey to their children that watching television is a planned activity. A friend of mine goes through the TV listings with his three sons to discuss what they'd like to watch, and I think that's a great idea. The TV should be turned off when a particular show is over. Parents should also make an effort to become familiar with the shows that their kids watch. Television...
Your editorial contributes to the perception that MIT is a hub for binge drinking. A little homework reveals how absurd that perception is. A 1998 study by Henry Wechsler, director of College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Public Health, found binge drinking at MIT to be at about half the national average, at 23 percent. The study also found that about a third of MIT students do not drink, whereas only 19 percent abstain nationwide...
Katerina's story started, "The soldier has too many clothes," but she had no idea what to write next. The nine-year old wiggled in her chair in Vicky Valtaras' small dining room near Central Square, trying to come up with another sentence for her homework assignment. The nine-year old whined to her mother, Lowell House's principal dining hall card checker, "I don't know what to do!" Vicky calmly urged her to finish her work. "Just think about what it would feel like, and write something," she said. She spoke to her daughter with the same blunt...
...Vicky found that she no longer needed to work so hard, she would spend more time with her daughter. "Katerina, that comes first, everything else second. When I come home at 8:20, or 8:30 p.m., I help her with homework and I put her to bed. And when I have a free day, I spend the time with her and spend much less time at other things. I clean the house, cook a little, help her with homework." Vicky said, "I tell my daughter, if you study enough, you can go to Harvard. Harvard...
...Erica or Monica flounders? "If they have trouble, I'm there to help them; their father's there to help them; they can go to a coaching class; we can get them a tutor," says Brenda. "They know they're responsible for their grades and their classwork and their homework, but they also know we're here for them." With parents who support them in their struggles and celebrate their successes, Erica and Monica face the challenges of school with confidence and curiosity. Says Brenda: "They'll make comments like, 'This class is a lot of work...