washingtonpost.com - KidlifeKidlifeA Killer Top 10 List- November 19, 2004 When I graduated from high school a quarter of a century ago (!), the last thing on my mind was staying safe and healthy enough to someday attend my 25th reunion. I mean, come on. There were pizzas to eat, beers to drink, cars to drive fast! But somehow I muddled through, and last week I traveled to Rockville from my home in Connecticut to take part in that once-distant ritual.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45198-2003Aug25.html?nav=rss_health/columns... Girl Scouts: 2B or Not 2B- November 19, 2004 Today I begin my tenure as a Girl Scout troop leader. My daughter, at age 10, looks forward to another year's worth of monthly meetings with the other 12 girls (down from 15 last year) who have signed on as Juniors, the level of scouting halfway between Daisies and Seniors.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56405-2003Oct20.html?nav=rss_health/columns... How Little People Win Big- November 19, 2004 Herb Cohen has been involved in negotiations with hijackers, terrorists, hostage-takers and corporations executing hostile takeovers. As a highly regarded negotiator and author, most recently of "Negotiate This! By Caring . . . But Not T-H-A-T Much" (Warner Business, 2003), Cohen has held tense arguments with some of the world's toughest foes. But whom does he count as his most formidablehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7245-2004Feb2.html?nav=rss_health/columns/k... A Dog Bites- November 19, 2004 My 6-year-old son got bitten by a dog last month. We were outside a coffee shop; the dog belonged to a family we knew. Charlie, who's good with dogs, started by patting the dog's head. Then he stooped -- apparently too abruptly for the dog's comfort. The bite bruised but barely broke the skin. No big deal, I thought at first.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16469-2003Sep15.html?nav=rss_health/columns... The Bad Boy of Child-Rearing- November 19, 2004 John Rosemond, one of the nation's most prolific and provocative purveyors of child-rearing advice, believes baby boom parents overindulge their kids.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26256-2004Jan17.html?nav=rss_health/columns... Kids and Kobe: Oh, Boy- November 19, 2004 In 1972, when I was 11 years old, I bought my first copy of Rolling Stone magazine. I couldn't resist: My idol, David Cassidy, was on the cover.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46912-2003Aug11.html?nav=rss_health/columns... Gentle Giants- November 19, 2004 They Might Be Giants has moved from the far fringes of popular music to just far enough out of the mainstream to still be fun.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3432-2003Dec15.html?nav=rss_health/columns/... Time to Purge the Ipecac- November 19, 2004 Every parent knows the basics: Make sure your family's diet sort of resembles the Food Pyramid. Limit TV-viewing time. And keep a bottle of syrup of ipecac in the medicine chest in case somebody swallows poison.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24009-2003Jul7.html?nav=rss_health/columns/... Missing Manners- November 19, 2004 Yikes. Company's coming for the holidays. Your house may be clean and the menu firmly in hand, but are your kids' manners up to the occasionhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11953-2003Nov24.html?nav=rss_health/columns... The Kinds of Kindness- November 19, 2004 One day in the 1930s a little girl named Thelma sat at home in Woodstock, Va., addressing valentines to children in her class.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46662-2004Feb16.html?nav=rss_health/columns... |