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...Sept. 19, the Aldermans threw a party at their home, replete with champagne, kegs of beer and food, for 125 of Peter's friends from all chapters of his life. "Two kids drove 2 1/2 days from San Francisco. Someone came from Oregon. He had friends from kindergarten who came," says Elizabeth...
Lutnick would normally have been at his desk on the 105th floor at that hour. But on Tuesday he dropped off his five-year-old son for the first day of kindergarten--"big-boy school," as Lutnick, in tears, described it last week on ABC News. He arrived at the Trade Center to see it in flames...
...society we are just not able to organize life to make childbearing a realistic option and that would be a very sad state of affairs." Nevertheless, there are moves afoot in several countries to ease the burden on parents. In Germany, children of single parents take priority on kindergarten waiting lists and parents who need child care receive an annual allowance of $1,418. In France, Prime Minister Lionel Jospin recently announced a plan to set aside $130 million for daycare. And in Italy, a country with one of the lowest birthrates in the Western world, a campaign is under...
...Mike Easley how it feels. Easley became Governor of North Carolina in January, dreaming of smaller class sizes and a prescription-drug benefit for seniors. These weren't wild fantasies; his predecessor, fellow Democrat Jim Hunt, doled out plums for eight years while the economy boomed--a pre-kindergarten program for low-income kids, big pay raises for teachers, $1.5 billion in tax cuts...
These days, though, Rebecca Unguez couldn't be prouder. With the help of prizes including new bunk beds and side-by-side desks, plus the services of a professional organizer, her five-year-old daughters have cleaned up their act--and not a moment too soon. They start kindergarten in a couple of weeks, and Rebecca, a former preschool teacher, is convinced they will do better in school if they come home to an orderly bedroom...