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...NEEDING MOM AND DAD You might not think teens would admit to needing their parents. But in keeping with their unpredictable reputation, 21% of 12- to 15-year-olds surveyed by the YMCA said they wished their busy parents had more time to spend with them. They listed the shrinking time their families spend together as one of their top concerns. In the same survey, 47% of fathers and 38% of mothers said they were trying to find more time to spend with their kids...
...MOM MAIL It's almost Mother's Day. Got a card yet? Not to worry--in the computer age, filial devotion is easier than it used to be. Sierra Online and Hallmark have just released a new program called Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe ($49.99) with which you can print Hallmark Cards at home on your PC. Still too much work? Then drag your lazy self to a website called getacard.com where you can personalize, order and send actual paper Mother's Day cards without leaving your desk chair. And would it kill you to call once in a while...
...talk about money. Instead ask, What do you need? Jim Towey, president of Aging with Dignity in Tallahassee, Fla., encourages the direct approach: "Mom, Dad, I love you, and I want to be there when you need me, and I'd like to know what you want. I don't want to have to guess...
Perhaps the easiest opener is discussing your own estate planning, even asking your parents' advice and giving them a chance to talk about their experience. And a little humor always helps: "Mom, I'm thinking of joining a cult and want to leave it everything in my will. How do I go about...
...Million Mom March over the Mother's Day weekend may have changed some minds about gun control. I doubt it somehow. Our minds are made up, one way or another, for better and for worse, on these issues. We have developed a theater of moral spectacle for our entertainment mostly - if preaching to the choir can be called entertainment. Sheer numbers generate an atmosphere of smugness and self-congratulation, as fatuous as George Bush the elder's "Message: I care...