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...authoritarian parenting style predicts a lot of disagreements and runs the greatest risk of having a child trying to get around their parents’ strategies,” Byrne said. “Agreement on any [risk prevention] strategy is predicted by households that report pretty good communicative relationships with their children...
...Loop, the freeway that defines Houston's city limits, and only 1 million of the city's 2.2 million residents are registered voters. Many are immigrants who cannot vote. The key to winning any Houston mayoral race is coalition-building, and Parker's political career has been deliberate, "low risk" and "canny," according to Richard Murray, a veteran political analyst and political science professor at the University of Houston. Her political journey echoes, to some degree, that of Houston's only other female mayor, Kathy Whitmire. Like Whitmire, Parker used the job of city controller as a jumping-off point...
...signs point to housework as becoming less valuable to all levels of society; new data even suggests an ultra-clean home may not be the best environment for children. According to anthropologists at Northwestern University, a lack of exposure to dirt and germs could put them at increased risk for inflammation when they grow up. So next time, you feel bad about your messy home, remember that it's good for the children - and that it's the IRS's fault...
...scandal surrounding golf icon Tiger Woods has put sports marketers in the rough. They face a difficult choice. If they stick with him, they risk alienating consumers put off by the lurid allegations about Woods' private life. And there's the prospect of yet more allegations after they've affirmed their support...
Dump him now, however, and you risk missing the upside of one of the potentially great comebacks in sports. What if, after Tiger's hiatus, he emerges contrite, marriage repaired, and his game better than ever? Woods, who earns more than $100 million annually in endorsements, could actually become more valuable after this mess. "It'll be a tale of redemption and forgiveness," says Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp, a consulting firm. "I guarantee you that somebody has already written the freaking script." (See pictures of Tiger Woods' best victory moments...