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...electrostatic mop called the Swiffer and a fabric deodorizer dubbed Febreze that are each on track to rack up some $400 million in sales in their first year. He hasn't been shy about growing through acquisitions either: he's already shelled out $2 billion for high-end pet-food maker Iams, and he recently tried to snatch the pharmaceutical firm Warner-Lambert from Pfizer...
...reunion of lesbian DeGeneres and funny DeGeneres. This romp about lovers trying to conceive with purchased sperm well exploits her sorely missed deadpan delivery and timing--though Stone daffily and unconvincingly prances through it, and the two click with all the passion of someone forced to pet a snake. Still, you have to like a story that makes a turkey baster into a token of endearment, and if the lesson is that a lesbian love comedy can be as harmless as a straight one, there are worse ways to end a movie. Or start a decade...
...Brooklyn, N.Y., one of more than 1,000 Core Knowledge schools nationwide, it already has. Student imitations of Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock paintings decorate the hallways. And at neighboring P.S. 165, also a Core Knowledge school, a third-grade class has christened its pet rabbit Leonardo--after Da Vinci, not DiCaprio...
When children experience the death of a beloved relative or friend, or even a pet, our first reaction as parents is to shield them from grief. This is natural: we're only trying to fulfill the promises we whispered to them when they were born. But "protecting" a child from the death of a loved one doesn't work. Children who don't deal openly with grief can develop lasting emotional and developmental problems. Instead of trying to prevent sadness, we have to help our children experience...
...using plain and honest language in discussing a death with our kids, no matter how young they are. Euphemisms such as "Granddad slipped away in the night" or "We had to put the kitty to sleep" leave the harmful impression that death is not permanent. The death of a pet often offers an early opportunity to get this right. A child who understands that the family dog has died and is not coming back--but will be remembered--will more easily comprehend the death of a friend or relative...