Word: moms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rocker. "This one has a little girl with flowers." He's not sure exactly what he will say in his farewell notes to his three sisters and two stepsisters. He figures the words will come to him when he starts to write. The hardest one will be to his mom, who has spent virtually all of Bruce's 39 years worrying and caring for a son who will soon lose his lifelong struggle with diabetes. "I'm not looking forward to the end, but things will certainly be easier," allows Phyllis...
Taking a "teen leave" is an unusual solution to a work-family dilemma, but it could become more popular as the late '80s baby boomlet hits the teenage years--and shell-shocked parents hit a wall. Says a New York mom who's taking time off from her job as a lawyer to get her adolescent son back on track: "It was a rude awakening to discover that you can't have a high-powered career and expect to play a significant role in an older kid's life. At least...
...sadly typical of our narcissistic age that so many women are opting to have children and raise them "on their own" [SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Is this decision in the best interests of the child? Would any child choose such a situation over having a traditional mom and dad? Which is morally more fundamental: the woman's "right" to motherhood by any means necessary or the child's birthright to both a father and a mother? EDWARD P. WITMAN Toms River...
...muse, the knowing groupie Penny Lane (Kate Hudson, with the soft, curly haired charisma of a Woodstock Botticelli); from Stillwater's lead guitarist, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup, who has finally found the movie role to fit his questing intelligence and almost-too-hunky features); and from his protective mom (fierce, nattering Frances McDormand). William's task is to sift all this good, or at least plausible, advice and make his own choices. On the fly, on the road, he's forced into maturity...
...that is. On his desk at their home in New Jersey, Bill has a note from his son William, 41, attached to a newspaper clipping of an article about end-of-life issues and how parents and their children don't deal with them adequately. The note reads, "Dad, Mom, when are we going to talk about this...