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Photo by Colin Miller of Strauss Peyton
Photo by Colin Miller of Strauss Peyton
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[ letter from the editor ] Much has been made in recent weeks about whether college is right for everyone. The President said it would be a good goal for every American child; Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said it wouldn’t. As luck would have it, the topic is the subject of this issue’s parenting column— what timing. Our parenting expert, Dr. Tim Jordan, points out that most upper middle class parents engage in a certain amount of, uh, ‘pushing’ their kids to succeed. The trick is to identify what ‘succeed’ means. For most parents, he notes, it means the best grades, the most select sports teams and, of course, the most ‘prestigious’ colleges. To what end? So they can get ‘the best’ jobs with ‘the best’ companies in ‘the best’ cities. But, just what is ‘the best’? And is a parent’s idea of best the same as their child’s? Even more important—at what point should offspring be allowed—no, encouraged—to set their own goals for what’s best? We might ask them every single week of high school what they scored on a test or paper, but how often do we ask if they are happy? Dr. Jordan’s point is that we can be so focused on quantifiable goals that we forget to consider the qualitative ones, i.e., our children’s life satisfaction. And isn’t that really what we wish for them?
—Dorothy F. Weiner Editor in Chief
[ town talk ]
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[ health&beauty ]
Talk of the Towns Cover story – COCA Charlie’s Town The Insider
34 Our Complicated Gut 36 Problem Solved – Limp Hair 37 Elle Around Town – Phusia 40 Parent Trap – College: The Holy Grail
| Wealth Portfolio | 11 Cover story – Greenway Family Offices 13 Business Beat 14 Business Insight – Buckingham Assets 18 Resolutions – Get Your Finances in Order 19 Arts & Entertainment 20 Sports Standouts 22 Heard in the Halls
[ photo album ]
23 She Said Yes! 24 Happenings 25 SNAPPED! Friends of Wings 26 Sign of the Arrow 26 Make-A-Wish Foundation
[ leisure ]
42 On the Table – Kelly English Steakhouse 43 Quick Bites from Sauce Magazine
[ real estate ] | T&S Spring Market | 44 Cover story – Enclave Bellerive 46 Gladys Manion Honored 54 Real Talk – Marcy Byrne 55 Open House 56 Homework 58 Classifieds
[ style ] 28 Fashion –GR8 Times
[ on the cover ] COCAcabana 2012: White Hot takes place April 27 at COCA, 524 Trinity Ave., in University City. Special guests Ellie Kemper, Scott Foley and Sarah Clarke will help raise funds to support COCA’s multidisciplinary arts programs. Presenting sponsor is AnheuserBusch Companies. Pictured on the cover: Co-chairs Molly Danforth, Barbara Archer and Rachel Oliver. For more information, call Virginia Howell at 314.561.4870, or visit cocastl.org/cocacabana. Cover courtesy of coca | photo courtesy of coca
We’re Sorry | In our Feb. 22 issue in our What’s on the Block about N. Gore Avenue (p.57), we failed to clarify that ‘Webster College’ referred to Webster College for Boys, a long-closed prep school, not the current Webster University. Also in that issue, on p. 46, we listed incorrect dates for COCA’s upcoming show, Treasured Stories by Eric Carle, which appears March 16 through 18. contact us
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