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...what explains the complex bit of artistry that is the human personality? We may not be born as tabulae rasae. Any parent can tell you that each child comes from the womb with an individual temperament that seems preloaded at the factory. But from the moment of birth, a lot of things set to work on that temperament--moderating it, challenging it, annealing it, wounding it. What we're left with after 10 or 20 or 50 years is quite different from what we started out with...
That, as any parent knows, is a scenario trip-wired for fights--and that's what happened. The experimenters ranked the conflicts on a five-point scale, with one being a single cross word and five being a full-blown brawl. The next year, they went to the same children's schools to observe them at play and interview their teachers. Almost universally, the kids who practiced the best conflict-resolution skills at home carried those abilities into the classroom...
...least two new daycare centers to be established, including one on a new campus in Allston.Harvard will also increase childcare scholarships available to faculty members, post-doctorate fellows, and graduate students to $2 million.In addition, the report noted that Hammonds’ office has worked to standardize parental leave guidelines among Harvard’s 11 schools, ensuring that all schools automatically grant a minimum of one paid semester free of teaching duties for faculty members with a new child. Hammonds said in an interview that she focused on childcare to respond to concerns that surfaced during a survey completed...
...editors: Re “Sunny Reception on Rainy Day for Summers’ Farewell,” news wep update, June 9: I am a parent of a graduated senior and would like to express my disappointment at some aspects of the graduation ceremony. Although I know the weather is out of the control of Harvard, its accommodations (or lack thereof) were so awful that both my elderly mother and mother-in-law were prevented from attending many of the functions. First, why no tents? Even I knew a week earlier there was going to be rain. When commenting...
...these risk factors probably seem overwhelming. Even worse, it seems that there's very little an engaged couple can do to help themselves. They can't reverse their parent's divorce, and they can't elevate their financial status overnight. They might be able to attend church, but if God hasn't spoken to them, faking it doesn't help...