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...JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES, MOM! Perfectionism and procrastination go hand in hand, says Rita Emmet, the author of "The Procrastinating Child: A Handbook for Adults to Help Children Stop Putting Things Off" (Walker; paper; September). Says PW, "Parents frustrated by their child's tendency to delay starting a book report or cleaning their rooms will find this guide to be a valuable resource. Emmet points out that schools rarely teach time management; this handbook fills the gap, helping parents understand why their children procrastinate and how they can help kids organize their schedules and assignments....Emmet's approach is practical...
...harem hit The Bachelor. In the innocent days of 2000, NBC decided the dating show Chains of Love was too declasse for a major network. Now it's airing Meet My Folks, a reality rip-off of the movie Meet the Parents in which Mom and Dad grill their children's suitors using a lie detector--and the suitors quiz Mom and Dad about their sex lives. "We just want people to have a good time and develop some insights into the parent-child relationship," says Jeff Gaspin, the executive in charge of NBC reality programming. On ABC's upcoming...
...family entertainment, the minor leagues are hard to beat. "Kids are king here," says Kane County Cougars general manager Jeff Sedivy. "And Mom is marketed to, day in, day out." The average ticket price is just $6, compared with $19 for the majors. Throw in food, souvenirs and parking, and an evening for a family of four still averages $50 for the minors, vs. $140 for the majors. The friendly, open layout of minor-league parks is another plus. Kids can wander freely. (Do you know any 8-year-olds who can sit still for nine innings?) Clever owners provide...
...regional purchasing managers have so much leeway in how they stock shelves that Heinz ketchup, for example, is sold in some stores but not in others. The problem for some shoppers--and the charm for others--is that hundreds of the products Whole Foods sells are made by mom-and-pop producers. Few shoppers outside Austin, for instance, know of Boggy Creek Farm, a family-run business whose sun-dried tomatoes and pasta sauces are sold at local Whole Foods stores...
...pasteurized into a nice young man who went Hollywood (and Vegas) almost as soon as he became a star. Jerry Lee, who had and would tolerate no image-makeover Svengali, wore the musk of venereal danger, styled himself as a reckless teen girl's wet dream and her mom's nightmare. As Memphis native Michael Bane said of Lewis in another terrific Tosches book - "Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'n' Roll" - "He made Elvis acceptable. Elvis tried to be good.... But Jerry Lee was always a shitkicker." His nickname was 'The Killer,' and who knows how close he came...