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...area left most depleted by the graduation of last year's seniors, as former starters Julie Blain '00, Ashley Berman '00 and Beth Zotter '00--who moved to midfield from the forward position midway through last year--are all gone. While their presence will be missed, senior Meredith Stewart and sophomore Bryce Weed, a First Team All-Ivy pick in 1999, have reassumed their starting roles. Joining them will be sophomore Orly Ripmaster, whose quickness and raw athleticism have earned her a starting job as an outside midfielder. After scoring three goals a year ago, Ripmaster seeks to become even...
...baby boomers--who will live longer, have less-stable marriages and fewer children than preceding generations--sibling relationships are likely to last longer than any other personal bond. The good news is that most of those relationships are positive, according to Robby Stewart, a researcher at Oakland University in Michigan. He surveyed 658 adult siblings and found that their relationships fit into five categories: supportive, longing (for siblings you don't see), competitive, apathetic and hostile. Only 15% were hostile; most others felt they could rely on one another...
...Stewart has concluded that siblings who were young rivals may be most likely to develop hostile or apathetic adult relationships. As I was discussing this finding on the phone with him recently, I could hear two of my daughters in the background arguing heatedly over whose turn it was to feed the dog. "If kids bicker, are they rivals?" I asked. "Are you asking this because of your siblings or your daughters?" Stewart responded. "They're that loud?" I asked. We both knew the answer. And if it's in my power to prevent another generation of painful memories...
...wish Stewart's advice was simple. But one complication is that survey participants who like their siblings today tend to remember good things about them as kids. With that in mind, persuade antagonists to become healthy competitors in sports and games. "Two boys who play one-on-one basketball can respect each other and may remember being childhood buddies," Stewart said...
Teamwork also creates buddies. On housecleaning day, divvy up chores and reward collaboration by treating the whole family to a movie. Another trick: assign kids tasks to accomplish together without adult aid. "When my two kids were in elementary school, they used to prepare dinner for us occasionally," Stewart said. "We ate a lot of Campbell's tomato soup and grilled-cheese sandwiches, and they learned to cooperate...