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...home after his first year. His family lives in a two-story house in Brentwood, "where OJ used to live," he reminds. "I don't have to worry about cooking my own food or laundry," he says, quickly adding, "maybe I shouldn't talk so loud so my mom doesn't hear...
...Life was rather disastrous with the alcohol, so there was no marriage," Dave Kacyvenski said. "I was a weekend father, and I came to pick up the children after the divorce, and I overheard him say to his mother at 9 years old, 'Mom, how am I gonna afford to go to college...
First, my family. Yeah, my mom can get annoying with her twice-a-day e-mails from home (good morning tatella, and good night tatella), and my dad never listens to me when I'm sick (he's a doctor). But through ups and downs, I've been fortunate enough to have them, plus my sister, grandparents, et al., to help me whenever help was needed. And that is them you will hear on Thursday afternoon, howling the loudest catcall in the Quincy House courtyard as my name is called...
...called Dr. Donna Benton, a gerontologist at the University of Southern California (no, Mom, I did not say anything about your slippery new bathroom tile, which, if it did come up, was mentioned only in the context of nonskid tub strips), and described how I had broached the subject...
Luckily, not all adult children need a direct approach. Parents send signals. "If your parent talks about a friend who went to the hospital, and nobody knew what their feeling about life support was, you can say, 'So, Mom, have you guys already put all that stuff together?'" Dr. Benton said...