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...House system, after all, is unique to Harvard. And the masters make that very clear.. "I am not a dorm parent," says Kristine L. Forsgard, co-master of Eliot House. "Every time I hear someone call this a dorm, I cringe...
...what's oral sex?" For my 11-year-old son, the steamy, sordid swamp currently engulfing the White House presented a ripe opportunity for sex education, as it has for so many American kids with big ears and eager minds. As a parent, I've always believed that a child curious and capable enough to frame a straightforward question deserves a straightforward answer. Gauging the depth and breadth of the answer is the tough part...
Pity the children. For they have watched CNN and are unsettled. At least they damn well ought to be. First rule of politics: Don't do anything that frightens the horses. Second rule: That goes double for the children. Mr. Clinton knows this. He's a parent too. Like the rest of us, he had to explain his predicament to his child. True, he's more practiced (see below), but it can't have been easy. One bright note for the President: the V chip finally starts to make sense...
...concern is noted and appreciated. It's wonderful the Harvard administration remembered that there are underage students at the University, especially since the University generally acts like a neglectful parent toward its undergraduates. However, a recyclable notice advising students not to imbibe is not a laudable way for the administration to suddenly recall its "parenting" responsibilities...
...were stunned to be hauled into court. "I was scratching my head," Jim van Blarigan says of the day Hutchins' office served him with papers. "I asked, 'What do you mean, kidnapping my [own] son?" They love their son, they insist, and are only doing their duty. "We as parents made a choice to send our son to a boarding school for his benefit," says Sue van Blarigan. "We're being challenged on whether we have that right as parents." If David's suit prevails, he will be placed not with his parents but with the Alameda County family court...