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...teenagers go, Moceanu is a natural. She squabbles with her younger sister, Christina, 6, who worships Moceanu's every step. She balks at her father's overprotectiveness. Boys? "Don't even get me started," she says, rolling her eyes. "My mom's a little better. But mention anything about boys, and my dad goes crazy." She has weird rituals. Ask her about her injury-free career, and she scurries for a balance beam to knock wood. Most refreshing, unlike so many world-class gymnasts, who sound as if they've spent too many hours in airless gyms inhaling chalk powder...
...have another baby in her late 40s, as I did, would she severely reduce her responsibilities as First Lady? I quit being an attorney to enjoy my treasure fully. Would Clinton send a message to women led astray by strident feminists that it is O.K. to be "just a mom" for at least part of your life? And would she experience the delightful relief of leaving the stressful workaday (or political) world for the truly enriching and rewarding world of motherhood? Go for it, Hillary, and good luck! BONNIE PACKER Palo Alto, California Via E-mail...
...comfort I felt upon seeing Holworthy was not the sensation of mom's milk and cookies after school...
...script. "When the kids read it, they were unfazed. They'd say, 'I know a kid who has got it much worse than that,'" says Solondz. "But many of the parents were--and I think understandably--very unsettled by it." They used words like "sick" and "depressing." Heather's mom quashed some of the bad language, but still allowed her daughter to do a scene where she fantasizes about getting to third base...
...feel kind of weird when I'm watching the film with my parents," says Matarazzo, now 13. "I'm like, 'O.K., Mom, put your hands over your ears.'" The kissing scene was worse: "Mom was on the set, and I asked her really nicely if she could, like, go somewhere while I did it." Proving that Heather's life is much nicer than the fictional Dawn's, Mrs. Matarazzo obliged...