Word: self-help
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...plan builds on changes made in 1998 that also increased all student grant packages by $2,000 and allowed students to use outside scholarships to reduce the self-help portion of their financial aid package...
...plan also raises Harvar'ds undergraduate financial aid budget by $8.3 million, building upon changes made in 1998 that increased all student grant packages by $2,000 and allowed students to use outside scholarships to reduce the self-help portion of their financial aid package...
Ruth Young, 46, has lived for a decade stably, though unwed, with Art Kamen, a linguist with two daughters from a former marriage. Ruth works at their home in San Francisco as an editor, which sometimes means ghostwriter, of popular self-help manuals. When people ask if she wants to write on her own instead of polishing the work of other people, Ruth says no. "In an odd way, Ruth now thought, her mother was the one who had taught her to be a book doctor. She had to make life better by revising...
Moreover, the children themselves, left unschooled in the arts of delayed gratification and self-help, may be more hurt than helped by their parents' love. Betty Frain, a psychotherapist specializing in working with families and co-author of Becoming a Wise Parent for Your Grown Child, warns that "the downside for grown children [who are being funded] is that they don't develop internal coping skills, and so they feel weak and controlled and continue to be dependent." And often greedy and resentful rather than grateful. Jane Nelsen, a California-based therapist and author of Parents Who Love Too Much...
...much convincing, and by the time Jermaine spread the news on a Las Vegas radio station, a publicist had confirmed that Michael would join in for a few songs as well, though he won't commit to a tour. In addition to finishing a solo album, Michael has a self-help career aborning. On Valentine's Day, the twice-divorced singer will host a panel discussion about modern family life, with proceeds going to his Heal the Children foundation. Panelists include Johnnie Cochran, Chuck Woolery and radio sex therapist Dr. Drew Pinsky. One hopes the kids can heal themselves...