Get the free JUST JUMBLE app Follow us on Twitter DearAmy: When our son visits us with his teenage daughter, she trashes her room during her stay. As the grandmother and host, can I demand that she keep her room in some semblance of order? Demanding Gram Dear Gram: your home, and you can issue demands with abandon. But your son should work with his daughter to teach her how to be a better guest. For now, I suggest you approach this more like a grandmother and less like a drill sergeant. First, this caveat: I know if you have raised any daughters, but teenage girls are notoriously messy.
having just thinking about it.) Some tolerance and grandmo- therly indulgence is called for. Handle this with clarity and humor. Tell the teen, is your room while here, and I want you to feel cozy, comfortable and at home. But my room the rest of the time, so can you do me a favor and keep it tidy? I love seeing you in this space. But I want my head to explode.
Imagine the Ask her to follow one or two easy-to-follow rules, such as food in your or wet towels on the Make sure there are some photos of her in the room. This, and other decorative touches, might inspire her to respect the space more. You could also teach her some life skills while she is with you. If she is with you for more than a week, ask her to help you to change her bed, launder the linens and remake it. Before they depart, ask her and her father to help you the beds and her because what thoughtful guests do at the end of their stay.
Overall, even with my own adult daughters, less stressful to just keep their bedroom doors closed during their visits home. DearAmy: I am a recent graduate with a degree, and have an opportunity to coach my high school alma cross-country team this spring while I am home looking for jobs. excited about the opportunity, but concerned about the best way to communicate with my student athletes. Is it OK to text them? aware that they are vulnerable. also closer in age to them than many coaches might be.
I want to cross any lines so wondering about the best way to approach this. Future Coach Dear Coach: This is a valid concern. Ask the athletic director at the school to provide on communicating with students. There are apps you can use to communicate with a group (about sched- ules, etc.) that also allow one-on-one messaging. Remind.com has an app for educators to communicate with students and parents.
This is done without revealing phone numbers. Never comment on a appearance (including compliments), overshare personal details or communicate with them about matters outside of your area. If students respect the boundaries you set (by oversharing, making personal comments to you or contacting you too frequently), ask your athletic and the parents for guidance. If your school does not provide recom- mendations about the best way to keep in touch with students, ask the parents of each of your athletes. Email is a great way to go (you both have a record of all communication), but aware that for some teens, email is the equiva- lent of the pony express.
Dear Amy: Thank you for your reply to who was asking whether she should combine house- holds with her boyfriend, who was a serious hoarder. My advice to her is to run! I married a hoarder. When our house burned down, I was ecstatic it meant starting over with a clean slate, or so I thought! When my husband died, he had been renting over warehouses (not storage lockers, but actual warehouses) to keep his because our home was full again. After his death I got rid of every- thing. I found more than $25,000 in cash hidden in different places.
Our son is now a hoarder who refuses to seek help. Still Traumatized Dear Traumatized: This sounds like a nightmare. Copyright 2024 by Amy Dickinson Distributed by Tribune Content Agency Demanding grandma wants to lay down law ASK AMY By Amy Dickinson From news services James Patterson never seems to run out of ideas. The author is launching a new middle- grade series, Time Travel about a boy and girl who witness key moments in U.S. history, starting with the era of the Revolutionary War.
Released by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and co-written with Tad Safran, the series begins Sept. 9. always said that the hardest job with kids is to get them in the habit of reading. Like all of my chil- books, the goal of Time Travel is for a kid to it and say, give me another Patterson said in a statement Monday. hundreds of books include stories, his and thrillers, political thrillers co-written with former President Bill Clinton and a novel written with Dolly Parton about the Nashville music scene.
Hudgens reveals preg- nancy: Vanessa Hudgens opened the Oscars red carpet show before the ceremony with news of her own: expecting. The actor-singer, 35, turned to the side, reveal- ing a baby bump under her long-sleeved black gown Sunday. During the 30-minute show she hosted on ABC, Hudgens accepted congratulations from various celebrities on the impending birth of her child. In December, Hudgens married Cole Tucker, a shortstop who signed with the Seattle Mariners in the offseason and is likely headed to the minor leagues. Portman, Millipied divorce: Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have divorced after 11 years of marriage.
The Oscar-win- ning actor and Millepied, a choreographer and direc- tor, the divorce last month in France, where they live. According to People magazine, Portman, 42, for divorce from Millepied, 46, eight months ago. They met on the set of Darren Aronof- ballet Millepied choreographed the for which Portman won the Oscar for best actress. They wed in 2012 and share two children. Fu box office: Universal Pictures celebrated the No.
1 debut of Fu Panda which collected $58.3 million in domestic theaters over the week- end, according to estimates Sunday. Fu Panda got off to a better start than all but the 2008 original. That Fu which began the mystical adven- tures of Jack panda warrior Po, launched with $60.2 million. Fu Panda added $22 million internationally. The news was just as good for last top Part Denis epic sequel held strongly in its second week, grossing $46 million, bringing its domestic cumulative total to $157 million for Warner Bros.
and Legendary Pictures. March 12 birthdays: Actor Barbara Feldon is 91. Actor Liza Minnelli is 78. Singer James Taylor is 76. Actor Lesley Manville is 68.
Singer Marlon Jackson is 67. Actor Jason Beghe is 64. Actor Courtney B. Vance is 64. Actor Aaron Eckhart is 56.
Guitar- ist Graham Coxon is 55. Singer Holly Williams is 43. Actor Jaimie Alexander is 40. CELEBRITIES Author hopes to hook kids on books James new book Time Travel will be released in September. TAYLOR 2016 PURSUITS JUMBLE SUDOKU (Answers tomorrow) Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
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