At Wit's End Prediction on schooling at home
Erma Bombeck parodies the rise of home schooling predicting 500000 U.S. families may educate at home in a decade. She, a veteran mother, recalls failed attempts to guide children, noting devices and distance learning tools replace direct guidance and pondering her replacement by a box and batteries.
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Erma Bombeck
John Holt
U.S
The
Celtics
Pecos Family Visits Over Christmas in Dinuba and El Paso
Pecos residents Mr and Mrs Rudy Vasquez Sr and their sons Rudy Jr Gerald Steve and Manuel from Dinuba Cal and Mrs James Scott from El Paso visited with Sebero and Sanida Garcia and their grandmother Mrs Francis Martinez and other relatives. An exhibition of Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo prints is at the Center for Inter-American Relations Gallery through Feb 4 1979 featuring color and black and white works dating from the late 1920s to now.
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Rudy Vasquez
Rudy, Jr
Gerald
Steve
Manuel
Dinuba
Cal
New York
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Center For Inter-American Relations
Counselor's Corner and a New Year Reflections
Virginia Reed offers guidance on New Year resolutions for 1979 focusing on realistic goals, personal growth, and improved communication. The piece urges specific aims, mindful listening, and daily quiet time to develop discipline, relationships, and inner calm amid holiday stress.
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Eric Berne
Ann Landers Letter on Responsibility in Teenage Pregnancy
A Cleveland reader blasts Ann Landers over blaming girls for out of wedlock pregnancy. She argues boys must be taught responsibility and that media coverage reinforces victim blaming, prompting her to cancel the Cleveland Press.
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Ann
Ohio
Ann Landers
Cleveland Press
Dear Ann: Family conflict over son’s in-law dinner remarks
A reader complains about her daughter-in-law’s mother addressing her son as if he is her own. Ann Landers advises against possessiveness, praises the warmth of the mil-son bond, and directs the writer to seek guidance material to improve understanding.
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Ann
Mrs.c.s
Philadelphia
Mrs. C.S
Buttercup
Papaya as Fresh Fruit Across Meals and Desserts
Cook's fancy Calorie watchers can enjoy papaya in fruit blends and desserts. Papayas supply vitamins A and C and minerals, with 39 calories per 100 grams. Hawaii supplies most papayas, storage tips, a Mexican licuado, and a four servings stuffed papaya dessert with pineapple cream cheese.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Hawaii
Sylvia Rosenthal
Tree-Dutton
Florida
Puerto Rico
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