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There is a new book out with a title sure to spark parents interest: The Smartest Kids in the World. Doesnt every parent hope – or believe — that our kids are the smartest?

“Multi-tasking = Screwing everything up simultaneously.” – Anonymous I read a recent article saying students who multi-tasked while studying (watching Glee or tweeting, for instance) got worse grades and retained less information, but felt happier. Excuse me, but this is a stupid study. What mother who has wrangled with her kids over homework couldnt tell you the same?

I love being a writer, but one of the hardest things about my job is that I do it alone, in my house, all day long. If it were not for my children and their after-school activities, I am quite sure that weeks would go by in which I wouldnt actually speak to another living soul.

College reunions are designed to trigger reflection, nostalgia and insights into the winding, baffling life journey that connects who you were at 20 and who you are now. And maybe, for cynics, how much you owe your college, how impressive are your life achievements, and how good you look compared to your college boyfriends wife.