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...alliances. Viewers will watch webisodes for free, but the fledgling company hopes to strike deals for video games, books and TV series, and is working on the apotheosis of today's superhero: theme-park rides. The company has signed with Acme City, a website owned by TIME's parent company, Time Warner. And in a particularly odd cross-media teaming, Lee will create print comics and webisodes starring the Backstreet Boys. (Dare we dream of a death match with 'N Sync?) "There's a lot of females in our audience," says Boy Nick Carter, "and [comics are] a really cool...
...prevent real dangers like the ones my friend's son faced, it's critical to get to know other parents and clarify your concerns before your child visits. Margaret Sagarese, co-author of The Roller-Coaster Years, suggests this icebreaker: confess that you're struggling with a certain child-safety issue, and ask the other parent how she deals with it. "I know what you mean" is an encouraging response. "I don't know what you're talking about...
During this phase, you'll do well to choose your battles carefully. It's silly to expect all parents to share your rules. Says Wolf: "That doesn't even happen in a two-parent family." (Memo to father of 10-year-old girl I know, irked when daughter gleefully watched forbidden The Spy Who Shagged Me at friend's birthday party: It's hardly a matter of physical danger or moral corruption, so give it a rest...
Even when you think another parent is simpatico, problems are bound to arise. Sagarese recalls a sticky situation several years ago when her preteen daughter planned to ride to soccer practice with a friend and the friend's brother, who'd just got his driver's license. "I had to tell the other mother, 'I just have a thing about teenage drivers, so I'd rather take her myself.'" A hidden bonus: her daughter learned to handle the humiliation of a hands-on mom early on, so now she expects Sagarese to check in with her friends' parents--and behaves...
Latzanakis may lose his affiliation with Dunkin' Donuts because he said the parent corporation wants to renovate the store immediately instead of waiting for a deal which might not come through...