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...Tennessee, published in 2002, confirmed that food preferences are established early: 8-year-olds usually like the same foods they did when they were 4, and preferences are often formed as early as age 2. Mothers tend not to offer their babies food they dislike themselves. So if Mom can't bear Brussels sprouts, chances are her child will never taste them...
...oldest son was informed of the $10,000 Pulitzer award, the six-year-old replied, “Wow, that’s pretty cool—can we go buy some toys?” At home, Elkins says, “I’m just mom.”—Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
...MOM ON A MISSION
...bundle up early in the morning, leave home by 11 a.m. to beat the traffic—Dad insisted on this, though it almost always ensured we were at the Meadowlands with nothing to do by 11:45—retrieve the sandwiches and hot chocolate Mom had prepared and head out, just father and son (later daughter) for the whole day, picking his brain non-stop. It didn’t matter that we were headed to a football game: Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax were always on the agenda until we reached a certain exit. Then, and only...
...choices, and we have a lot more discretion than we give ourselves credit for," she says. Parents may be undervaluing themselves when they conclude that sending kids off to every conceivable extracurricular activity is a better use of time than an hour spent around a table, just talking to Mom...