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...many wealthy families don't know anything about raising kids in a healthy environment," says Thayer Willis, author of Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth: A Life Guide for Inheritors. The daughter of multimillion-dollar parents herself, Willis says she was a "spoiled brat" in her youth. She quit jobs whenever things didn't go her way and spent money without limits - until she realized this was not the path to a satisfying existence. "Outsiders think, 'If I just had financial wealth, life would be so easy and I would be happy,'" says Willis, who now counsels wealthy families...
Impresario's departure scuttles Brokeback Mountain opera. Guess he did know how to quit...
...With the overload of news coverage today, I think it is relevant to see.” The play’s Broadway success and numerous film adaptations can also be attributed to its lighthearted comedy and clever use of language. For Hecht and MacArthur, who thankfully quit their day jobs to give the public an unadulterated looked behind the scenes of the ubiquitous media, words are definitely not used sparingly. Monologues? Forget about it. Three people talking over each other at the same time? That’s more like it. “It’s interesting...
...attack also missed because it was hard to square with Obama himself. The description "old Chicago pol" conjures a stout machine boss wearing a porkpie hat and chomping on a stogie - not a whip-thin black guy trying to quit smoking. Nor was the Chicago machine an ingredient in Obama's political rise. "He didn't rely on the machine for his success," says David Moberg, who has covered Chicago politics closely as a longtime writer for alternative magazine In These Times. "When he ran for the state senate, Congress and the U.S. Senate, he was opposed by the party...
...recommend to parents struggling with their children? Get the help that you need. Reach out to your family your friends your faith community. If you don't know where to turn, call 211, or the Boys Town National Hotline. Then go the next step. Follow up. Don't quit. Continue to work with your kid with counseling and therapy. Maybe it's your own parenting skills that need help. But continue to reach out to get the help that you need. That's what's healthy. That's what our children need and that's what we certainly want people...