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On a recent family vacation I noticed that the only kids who played harder than the little grandkids were the adult “kids.”
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4/19/12
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Thirty years of working in marketing didn’t prepare me for a recent Sunday morning in which my family was feted in the grand style of “Accepted Students Day” at a local private university.
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By Lauren Lev
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4/13/12
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There is a photograph on the desktop of my office computer that captures the East Meadow High School Marching Band in mid-step.
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By Launren Lev
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3/23/12
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To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead.
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Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/28/12
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/17/12
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They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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1/12/12
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When Amy Chau’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” was set for release last winter, it was prefaced with a “Wall Street Journal” article that drew 5,000 responses on WSJ.com.
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By Lauren Lev
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11/4/11
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In days past, parents used to be able to send their children off to school without a second thought about whether they would return safely. And while children are still in good hands during class …
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9/16/11
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Perhaps you’ve seen the recent flood of stories about grown children moving home again. Or maybe you have your very own 35-year-old leaving his laundry on the floor. Apparently kids are landing on their parents’ doorsteps at various stages of adulthood due to bad luck, the bad job market, bad marriages or bad karma.
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6/23/11
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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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