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...Here Overparenting had been around long before Douglas MacArthur's mom Pinky moved with him to West Point in 1899 and took an apartment near the campus, supposedly so she could watch him with a telescope to be sure he was studying. But in the 1990s something dramatic happened, and the needle went way past the red line. From peace and prosperity, there arose fear and anxiety; crime went down, yet parents stopped letting kids out of their sight; the percentage of kids walking or biking to school dropped from 41% in 1969 to 13% in 2001. Death by injury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

Even though the bus line won’t be in full service until the weekend of December 4, TransportAzumah is starting a preliminary run on November 25, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So if mom and dad won’t pay for you to fly home for the holidays, grab some friends and catch either the 7 a.m., 1 p.m., or 5 p.m bus to the Big Apple and you’re well on your way to enacting your favorite Gossip Girl fantasy. You’ll be dropped off at the corner of 9th Avenue and 42nd...

Author: By Synne D. Chapman | Title: Bookin’ it to the Big Apple by Bus | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...mother likely felt remotely creeped out, and with good reason. I tell her what I had for lunch that day. I tell her about the problem set I aced. I tell her, far more often, about the problem set I bombed. I tell her about my latest column (hi, Mom!). She responds just as parents should, showing an absurd level of interest in the mundane details of my everyday existence. Yet in the history of this overshare-heavy relationship, I have never once uttered the sentence: “Today, I felt attracted to a man.” (Insert...

Author: By Silpa Kovvali | Title: No Need to Ask or Tell | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...find a flurry of deals for both husbands and wives online. On the discount site Couponcabin.com, Ann Taylor is offering $50 off any $150-or-higher Web purchase through Jan. 5. You can get free shipping for Hammacher Schlemmer products over $89. Then there are the gifts that both Mom and Dad can enjoy. Restaurant.com, for example, is offering 50% gift certificates. Get a babysitter and leave the kids at home. More consumers are searching for deals: on PriceGrabber.com, the number of shoppers requesting e-mail alerts for low-priced offers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrifty Spouses Could Hurt Holiday Shopping | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...second child and other family members. "This doesn't mean we love each other any less," says Batt. "We just want to do what's right for the Christmas spirit." Batt's a nice Santa for his son. But for companies that are counting on Dad's splurging on Mom, consumers like Batt are nothing but the Grinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrifty Spouses Could Hurt Holiday Shopping | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

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