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3B LIFE/ Cl^atlotte $o0t Thursday, March 30, 2006 Queen bees and kingpins not perfect THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK-Do mean girls beccane mean moms? Not necessarily, but if enough cattiness remains imder Ihdr wdl-dressed and wdl-coifed exteriors they end up perpetuating the “perfect- parent” m5dh and leaving everyone else feeling inade quate, says Rosalind W.seman, the author of “Queen Bees & Wannabes,” which was tiie basis of the Lindsay Lohan flick “Mean Girls.” And these women marry "kingpin dads,” who take charge of too many situations and always act as if they’re speaking on behalf of the group—even when they don’t know anyone else’s name. This forces an almost unbreakable cycle, TOseman says, because the apples don’t fall far fixim the tree. If you see children behaving in a way that makes you cringe, look at the role modds, she adds. “Kids can be a great mirror It’s a great exerdse to ask yourself why you are making the extravagant purchases that you do, or Why I am I reacting to this person in such a horrible way?” In her new book, “Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads” (Crown), Wiseman first gath ers insights and opinions fiom parents, teachers, coaches and otiier important adults in children’s lives and then she advises how to deal with all these folks with your pride and values intact. She also takes readers throi^h Back- to-School Night, big sporting events and the college appli cation process, examining the different ways to approach these milestones that have become as important to par ents as they are to students. ‘You judge yoimself and other parents according to perfect-parent myths,” says Wiseman, a mother of 3- and 5-year-old boys. Of course, there is no such thing as perfect parents, which leaves real parents con flicted, especially when all sorts of advice is thrown at them. Piiet, parents are encouraged to be their chil dren’s advocates—fight for that great teacher, make your kid’s case to get more time on the ball fi.eld—and then they’re told that they should let kids work their problems out for themsdves. How do parents know which battles they’re supposed to fight? Wiseman wonders. ‘You can’t blame people for being inconsistent parents if they’re receiving inconsistent advice.” Unfortunately, thou^, says Wiseman, there is indeed a lot of blame going arotmd, and it comes mostly finm the queen bees and kingpins who criti cize others as a sdf-defense tactic when they realize they can’t do it all. Humans may pass superbugs to pets THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA —People can get plenty of diseases fiom ani mals—bird flu, for one. Now there are signs dogs and cats can catUi a dang^- ous superbug finm people. At a large Philadelphia vet erinary hospital, scientists report that over a three-year period, 38 dogs, cats and other pets caught a drug- resistant staph infection. They think six of the ani mals caught the bug fi'om hospital workers. But it’s like ly that at least some of tiie other cases were spread to pets by their owners, said Shelley Rankin, chief of dini- cal microbiology at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine. “I don’t think its necessarily that you come home and pat Flufl^^ on the head and then Fluffy gets sick,” said Rankin, who presented the data this week at a medical conference in Atlanta. But given that an estimated 1 in every 100 people carry such bacteria in their noses, it could be transmitted by closer contact, she added. ‘We pick them up, kiss them on the face. We let them lick us,” she said. “Then they lick their skin.” The animals were infected with methicfllin-resistant Staphjiococcus aureus, a bac terial infection that is typical ly hard to treat, although aU the pets recovered. 'They included 26 dogs, ei^t cats, three parrots and one rabbit. 'The dogs developed skin and ear infections. The cats got urinary tract infec tions; the parrots, skin infec tions; the rabbit, an ear infec- tion. In people, the germ often appears as a nasty skin infec tion but can also cause other symptoms. Biker see country Continued from page 1B pedaled. For awhile, she was a passenger in the cart, but her weight caused the rear tire to flatten beneath her These days, Camfield just pushes the machine at a pace they can aU live with Both Goldie ar^d her human appeared tired as they rested a while with Jake Wednesday morning. They w^e aU lying or sitting on the sidewalk beside Holy Innocents Episcopal Church on Chestnut Street, where Camfield had just pho tographed the sanctuary “She looks like an old lady but she’s very chipper,” Camfield said, smiling at Goldie. Jake can be a brat, especial ly when he picks on his adopt ed sister as they are walking along behind the bicycle. “HeK pull on her ear,” Camfield explained. “She’ll put up with it for so long, then she’ll beat the crap out of him WTien she gets tired of it. she’ll nail him.” Camfield thinks Goldie secretly enjoys it. All is forgiven at night, when the two daytime foes snu^le up together. Goldie and Camfield, who consider Jake a newcomer to their ejqjedition, have walked or ridden through New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Wginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. ‘We’ve been throu^ a cou ple of the states twice,” said Camfield. She plans to reach Pennsjdvania, Delaware and New Jersey by June 17. During all that time, Camfield has been taking pic tures of all kinds of churches, as well as mosques near Richmond and in Savannah. While she isn’t sure where she was at the time, “I got to sit outside a black church and listen to the minister preach and the people sing,” Camfield said. Ckarleston House on Tke Plaza Ai T Country Restaurant Come see us for your Valentine’s meal!! Lunch... 11:30 a.m. ■ 3:00 p.m. Dinner. 5:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. 3128 The Plaza Charlotte, NC 28205 704-333-4441 Lots of good food and keverages! Well feed' you til we fill’ you up, f uk true! Book your 2006 Event By Feh. 28th anc/gef 25% off Book ^ur: • Wedding Receptions • Rekearsal Dinners * • Office Parties * Family Reunions * Fkrking available on premises and skutdeservicesoff premises. Researchers don’t know if the bacteria spreads fium ani mal to animal, although dogs don’t naturally harbor it. 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