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MUSIC | The Playground...
...though, seems a safer bet than Yi Jianlian. The son of two former athletes--his 6-ft. 5-in. father and 5-ft. 8-in. mother were both forcibly recruited by the state to play an obscure sport known as team handball--Yi was discovered in 1999 on a playground in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen. Barely out of grade school, he was already 6 ft. 4 in. tall, a behemoth in a region known for its diminutive people. Yi's parents, however, were reluctant to let the Soviet-style sports school lay claim to their only...
...film When Harry Met Sally that men and women can't be friends because "the sex part always gets in the way," male-female friendships have traditionally been hindered more by practical obstacles than by sexual trapdoors. In generations past, girls and boys played on opposite sides of the playground and were groomed for distinct roles in life. Now, however, "strict gender roles have broken down from age 7 onward," says Michael Monsour, author of Women and Men as Friends: Relationships Across the Lifespan in the 21st Century (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002). Americans come of age sharing soccer fields and video...
...referred by teachers, doctors or friends, to weed out children with severe behavioral disorders. The goal is to balance each group with kids who are outgoing and those who are withdrawn. To help them address the difficulties they face--being teased or bullied at school, feeling excluded from playground activities, eating lunch alone--a board or card game is the anchor of every session. For older kids, the game may give way entirely to a freewheeling discussion about what's going on in their lives and how they're handling their families and friendships. For younger children, games like...
...members of that notorious--and notoriously large--demographic, Generation X, a cohort that has proved highly susceptible to displays of status. "Having a baby now is like having a country house or an SUV," says NPD's Cohen. Those intent on having the best-dressed child on the playground can swathe their offspring in such luxury labels as Burberry, Donna Karan and Versace, all of which offer clothes for the teething set. Sales of these brands, however, make up a small part of the market. More popular are somewhat lower-priced though still recognizable name brands like Liz Claiborne...