Word: parented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...childhood way of marking the days till Christmas), Tad has just been fired from his job at an elementary school and is about to be booted out of his apartment. He navigates his way through family, a friend's performance-art show, his ex-girlfriend's family, the parent-teacher party at the school where he used to work and a ritzy soiree of uptown socialites, hosted by a man with whom he once had a one-night stand...
...Some children get into a pattern of turning every request into a debate...Instead of trying to one-up the child with a better argument, the parent simply walks away." (Wimpy Parents: From Toddler to Teen--How NOT to Raise a Brat...
...Some children use aggression to gain attention...Though you might find his words upsetting, you will confuse him if you respond by getting angry...A child wants to be stopped from doing harm." (Your Child: What Every Parent Needs to Know...
...consistently override adult power, he will come to understand that he can get his way by bullying...Victory may feel sweet at the moment, but a child who feels too powerful can also feel anxious that the grownups...are actually afraid of him." (Your Child: What Every Parent Needs to Know...
...Snyder was president of Simon & Schuster, ear protection became a recommended piece of executive equipment. The intensity of Snyder's verbal assaults would surprise even him--but surprise did not stop him. Snyder met his match in the equally fearsome Martin Davis, who became CEO of Simon & Schuster's parent company, Gulf + Western. Meanwhile in the Bronx, Yankee owner George Steinbrenner was taking delight in firing people. He is so paradigmatic of impetuous power (throwing tantrums, bad-mouthing employees in the press, hiring a spy to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield) that he's simply called the Boss...