The Mature Parent: Why a Father Favors Aggression
A reader asks about a four year old girl who bullies her ten year old brother. The response critiques parental favoritism toward the aggressive child and explains how early “kindness” to aggression can foster envy and contempt in the older sibling.
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Baby Sister
Billy
Polly Cramer Polly's Pointers
Readers share home hacks for summer storage of woolens and sweaters using jars to deter moths, drying steps, and rolling. Tips include repurposing seed packets with glass tiles as garden markers and using bug-repellent paper to ward roaches, plus floor cleaning with bleach for a cleaner home.
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Polly
Navy
Vicki
Remembering the bidding saves a bad bridge guess
In a Misplay during a No Trump contract North and South faced a Stop bid sequence. East doubled indicating club strength and showed clubs while West led clubs. South misread the bidding and lost the contract, prompting a lesson on recalling opening bids and suit signals.
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North
Stayman
East
South
West
Freckles and foes in a mixed up crossword puzzle
A cryptic style crossword list with clues and numbers for across and down entries. Includes definitions for items such as shade tree well breed of equine born French verb to be lineage toddier fit to withstand stormy weather asea redactors demolishes limb sea birds Canadian hillside continent dry as wine along side took long step classifie retainer eyes scpt communists completed solicitude river in Switzerland thieves slang transgressing fringing enemy tropical plant oak for instance war god stitches oracle vehicle expunges novel rich fabric rodents pain Tunisian rulers decorate negotiate perils container expand arrow poison feminine appellation toothed wheel rights ab down 1 grafted her conduct 3 intercessors 4 broom of twigs 5 passage in the brain.
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Asea
Switzerland
Oracle
Dear Kathy Advice Column Slice on Jealousy and First Dates
A reader asks why her dating causes breakups with her boyfriend’s friends and if jealousy or flirting plays a role. Kathy Peterson suggests distinguishing friendliness from flirting and emphasizes showing the couple in twosome to avoid misread signals. A second reader, L A B, seeks help overcoming speech anxiety around a girl she likes. Kathy begins guidance focusing on self-confidence tasks.
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Kathy
Dear Kathy Advice on Dating a Father’s Approval
A reader asks how to persuade a strict father to allow dating. The columnist suggests cautious steps toward occasional dates, using the mother’s influence, time to grow and maturity, and aligning parental standards for consistency and guidance.
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Kathy
J.S
J. S
Slam in two in hearts or clubs
With WK INT AQ86 and AKI43 after 1NT 3 and partner’s 4S jump, pass is inferior. Bid 5NT as a quantitative buy-in or push to 6 of the minor if partner’s values allow. Consider safety play and avoid misfit on spades.
Win at Bridge with Oswald Jacoby available
The Herald offers Oswald Jacoby’s latest bridge book to help players improve. Copy costs 50 cents in newspaper form or 60 cents by mail.
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Austin Daily Herald
Oswald Jacoby
the Herald
Jacoby
Primitive social traits of scorpions observed
The article notes that scorpions are largely solitary and aggressive toward each other. It states they bear live young and that the mother carries the young on her back until they can survive independently.
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