Word: tearaways
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...hasn't been able to find work since?" Leaders of municipalities such as Sens and Epinay think small, grassroots initiatives to change attitudes are part of the answer. Both cities have established organizations where parents can come for instruction as well as support from others trying to raise tearaway kids. This complements a nationwide program offering families of 2- to 16-year-olds with learning difficulties multidisciplinary aid; from tutoring to intervention in the home to observe and possibly modify family behavior. Though limited by tight funding - only 150 students in Epinay receive such attention, for example - officials see glimmers...
Every seven years they become British TV stars: "Suzi, the posh girl," and "Tony, the tearaway jockey boy," and poor dear Neil, and the rest of a dozen or so children who have grown up, or at least older, playing themselves in a real-life soap opera. They were selected in 1963 for a TV documentary called 7 Up and have sat for state-of-their-lives portraits in 1970, 1977 and 1984, all supervised by Michael Apted (director of Coal Miner's Daughter and Gorky Park). The latest installment, 28 Up, includes generous excerpts from the three previous reports...
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