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...immigrants are coming to the third most populous nation in the world. America is unable to absorb any more immigrants. What's more, some of these people represent a groundswell of cultural change that their homelands obviously need. Enabling them to emigrate will only prolong and encourage their parent nations' continued failures. JAMES WALTON Davis, Calif...
...mimic those behaviors. "I didn't know whether to offer my advice or keep my mouth shut," says Carla. She tried to be host of most of the playdates so that she could enforce her rules. But eventually, she says, "I became so uncomfortable with Nancy as a parent that the friendship basically ended...
...should a friend's parenting style be more difficult to accept than, say, her politics? For starters, because there are few things more important than the values we pass on to our children, and parents today, moms in particular, are acutely sensitive about making the right choices. "We live in a society in which mothers are so blamed in general that they become judgmental of mothers who parent differently," says Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., a psychologist and the author of The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships (HarperCollins...
Chuck is lucky enough to be one of six children, and all but one take an active hand in caring for their parents. Brother Scott, a lawyer, has power of attorney and handles legal issues. Sisters Jodie and Diane live nearby and help with doctor's visits and by sitting with their parents at home when Chuck and Chris go out. Just now sister Nina is taking a week off from her job as a social worker in Auburn, Maine, to spell Chuck for a few days, something she does four times a year. The other siblings take turns parent...
...editors and fans. Like many of his protagonists, he dealt with the pressure by escaping, spending most of the next 10 years in self-imposed exile in Greece, Italy and the U.S., reading, writing and teaching. He returned to Japan in 1995 after the Kobe earthquake, which destroyed his parent's home, and the sarin-gas attacks by doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo. "I thought 1995 was a turning point for our society," Murakami recalls. "I didn't know if it was good or bad, only that everything had changed. At the same time, it was a turning point...