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...America further down the road to hell already well trod by its protagonist: Ozzy Osbourne, the shock rocker who once bit the heads off bats onstage. On this winning "situation reality" show, shot inside the Osbourne family's L.A. mansion, teenage sis calls her brother a "f___ing loser." Mom tells the kids to "shut the f___ up and go to bed." And Dad, exasperated, says, "I love you more than life itself...
Lawyers, estate planners and families eager to avoid the emotional and financial toll of a pitched battle over Mom's old recipe tin and Dad's fly-fishing equipment have come up with some ingenious ways of divvying up family possessions without going to court...
PICKING HEIRLOOMS OUT OF A HAT Each heir chooses one item that holds equal value for everyone in the group to put in the "pot." If there are three heirs, for instance, there will be a total of three items. A group of heirlooms might include Mom's old chifforobe, Dad's tools and an old photo album--as long as the heirs agree that they would be satisfied with whichever item they end up with. The item is written on a slip of paper and tossed into a hat. Each person then chooses a slip of paper, "winning...
...periodic visits from their children to give them things individually, and then asked them to put Post-it notes on other things they wanted. Son Albin had his sights set on his father's old baseball glove. Rosemary coveted her old Humpty Dumpty night-light. "The fact that my mom and dad were around helped a lot," Albin says. "We feel like we all get along pretty well, but who knows what would have happened if they hadn't been there to keep us reasonable...
...Families are spending more time at home and more time doing things together post-Sept. 11," says Julie Edelman, author of the kids' cookbook Once upon a Recipe (Once upon a Recipe Press). "My mom preferred me not to be in the kitchen, since mealtime was her time. Now, though, mealtime is 'our' time, and that has created a whole new world of cooking with kids...