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...average, kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981, when a similar study was conducted. They also did more household chores, accompanied their parents on more errands and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children's leisure time--defined as time left over after sleeping, eating, personal hygiene and attending...
Natalie Smith described her experiences as a mother in a low-income household...
...Whereas we have been delightfully informed with the pleasant news of the arrival of the fourth bundle of joy at the Capuano household...someday, little brother will be the mayor of our great city...
...under an apartment-house stairwell before getting back on the train and reaching her destination.) Now in her ninth month of rehabilitation, she's a new woman, unfailingly polite and quick to offer a visitor a snack or a cup of cocoa. Her days are organized around counseling, classes, household chores and visits with a caseworker to help her win back custody of her kids. On Sundays she can sometimes be found sitting in front of the TV in her best dress, watching televangelists...
...Gustav Mahler received a death sentence. Although mortality had already permeated the composer's household (Mahler's beloved daughter died of scarlet fever a year before), his family was not destined to hang up their mourning garb quite yet. Another death was imminent. During a routine doctor's examination, Mahler was diagnosed with a fatal heart defect. Confronted with his mortality, Mahler was consoled by a new vision--immortality. His heart, his body and his memory would erode. His music, however, would not. Mahler was set to compose his legacy. His ink was his effigy; his fear of death...