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...democratization of design--via Martha Stewart, Michael Graves, the Apple iMac--in tract-house America, fluorescent light panels and hastily bought throw pillows are still doing just fine. When the show's hip, urban designers invade the homes of their more conservative charges, it's Karim Rashid meets Laura Ashley, State and Main with slipcovers. A traditional how-to show says your home is an expression of your personality. Trading Spaces says your home is an expression of your personality--and not everybody likes...
When you call parents, you want them to "extract the cruelty" from their bullying children, says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Ill. "But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won't believe it." In a recent police-department survey in Oak Harbor, Wash., 89% of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18% of parents thought their children would act as bullies...
Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, Calif., did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food. Her son had confessed, but the victim's mom "wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease," says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this...
...just-the-basics shelter with blastproof Kevlar lining the walls. Higher-end models ($50,000 to $250,000) can include amenities such as mini-bars, fold-down beds, TVs and DVD players. In some homes, that's known as a den. --By Roy B. White and Laura A. Locke...
Harvard wasted no time in making up for its defensive lapse, putting up a run of its own in the bottom of the first and then tying up the game on freshman Laura Miller’s solo home run in the second...