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...John Ratey, co-author of the landmark Driven to Distraction, says seniors are often referred by their children in a "stair-step" sequence--first the grandchild is found to have ADD, then the parent and finally Grandma or Grandpa. Recalls Virginia Cooper, 73, who has a grandchild with ADHD: "My daughter said, 'Mother, I think you've got it.' And I said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Jumbled Up | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...bosses that her son was born when she was only 17. "I didn't bring them into that part of my world for fear I would be harshly judged," she says. "Knowing the cultural biases about marriage, about being a single mom and being black and a teen parent, I never wanted to have stereotypical views hold me back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race, Gender & Work: Pathways to Power | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

Assuming you've got drive, dreams and skill, is all ambition equal? Is the overworked lawyer on the partner track any more ambitious than the overworked parent on the mommy track? Is the successful musician to whom melody comes naturally more driven than the unsuccessful one who sweats out every note? We may listen to Mozart, but should we applaud Salieri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed | 11/6/2005 | See Source »

...Adkins says his decision to run for a seat on the council was complicated by family responsibilities. As the single parent of two sons, Adkins accompanies his 24-year-old to dialysis treatment for kidney disease multiple times a week...

Author: By Natalie I. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fourth-Generation Cantabrigian Calls for More Town-Gown Communication | 11/4/2005 | See Source »

...small children in, schools that brag when they are on probation from the state, and there is no reason why we can’t and shouldn’t be doing better,” Green says.BOY FROM THE BAYOUA Louisiana native, Green grew up in a single-parent home, which he says helps him better empathize with many of Cambridge’s residents.“It forces you to grow up faster,” he says. “I know firsthand what it’s like to wonder if you?...

Author: By Parag K. Gupta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GOP’s Green Seeks Council Seat | 11/3/2005 | See Source »

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