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...House A and The Pilot School as being the best houses," says Less Kimbrough, assistant house administrator for the Leadership School. "Kids choose based on the reputation. Perception is reality sometimes. If you think it, it is true." Kimbrough adds that Pilot has tended to attract highly educated parents. Small numbers and strong parent involvement create a tightly knit house with "a strong sense of community...
Panelists warned that single families are becoming increasingly prevalent in America, with a quarter of all families having only one parent. If current trends continue, one half of all children will experience part of their childhood in families with only one parent, they said...
...Michael Eisner, Barry Diller and the late Brandon Tartikoff, the famously temper-prone executive took over the company from Gulf & Western in 1983--and doubled its stock value in his 11 years at its helm. Among his better-known takeover attempts: an ultimately unsuccessful bid to wrest Time Inc. (parent company of TIME) from Warner Communications...
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER Contrary to popular perceptions, children of single mothers are no less ready for school than children from two-parent families with the same education, according to a new study in the Journal of Family Psychology. The study reports that kids scored similarly on school-readiness tests, regardless of whether or not a father was around--so long as their moms had similar educational backgrounds. But single moms tend, on average, to complete fewer years of school...
...Corbett also admits that her unexpected job has its rewards. The best part, she says, is when Tiana says after a bad day, "'You know I love you and Grandpa more than anything in the world,' and that makes it O.K." Some parts of being a parent are worth repeating...