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...problems. The gimmick is cleverly, weightlessly played out. Thirteen is quite a different proposition. You get the impression that Hardwicke, who is single and childless, got shocked to her socks trying to help raise a girl in a culture full of bad-assed music, shopaholic mall life and loony peer pressure for the right clothes and attitude. Yet there's a welcome roughness and passion to Thirteen. To see the essentially innocent Tracy taken over by her scheming, psychopathic friend because everyone else--parents, teachers, cliquey friends (another big topic in academia)--is too distracted to see how lost...
...change the relationship from parent-child to parent-peer...
Creating a warm relationship will also make it easier as your parents age to talk about the tough questions, should they become ill or need your assistance. But on a day-to-day basis, much of the joy of becoming a peer will come from the reduced tension and guilt you feel, and you'll have more fun being together, provided you keep in mind that no one is perfect...
...money and gained control of consumer lender Commercial Credit in 1986 have earned about six times the market average, a stellar run that, until last year's string of scandals, produced the "Weill premium"--a higher share price relative to earnings for Weill's companies than for peer companies...
...from the start, Summerbridge Cambridge was different from many of its peer programs, says Executive Director Sheilah Kavaney...