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...TRIVIALIZE PARENTS' CONCERNS about their children's education by referring to them as "mama grizzly bears" and "monster parents" reveals a bias against parental involvement in schools. Educators need to understand that the days of viewing the teacher as "the expert in education" are over. If a parent's advocacy of a student or school program looks like adversity to a teacher, perhaps it is because the teacher is squirming under the just weight of accountability...
Speaking of parents, inevitably there will be those awkward parent-to-parent conversations, where the conservative parents ask the liberal parents about what their son/daughter has been up to. The liberal parents will answer: “Oh, Susie’s told us about all the clubs she’s been to with her roommates, just like when we were in college.” A certain Harvard junior will then be written out of the will for awhile...
Directors of movies with kid actors have to be parent and disciplinarian, coach and coaxer to their young stars. But there are limits to how much children can be helped. And as movies with kid protagonists become more popular, and our understanding of children's psyches becomes more sophisticated, child actors are asked to carry a lot more of the emotional freight of a story. How then to find and direct kids...
...year Nissan veteran, most recently ran company operations outside of North America, Europe and Japan and is credited with boosting sales in China and Southeast Asia. He will report directly to Ghosn, who in April assumes a dual role as president and CEO of both Nissan and its parent company Renault...
...sure, nursing for a year is a chore, and mothers who can't go that long should not despair. "If you stop earlier it doesn't mean there aren't any benefits," says A.A.P. spokeswoman Dr. Ruth Lawrence. That's the kind of sound advice any parent can embrace...