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Mother’s Day always grand
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are living with and raising
grandchildren in households
that do not include either of
the grandchild’s parents con
tinues to rise, it is imperative
that we increase our under
standing of the effects that
this experience has on their
psychological wellbeing,” the
authors wrote.
In 2000, 6.3 percent of chil
dren in the United States
were reported to be living
with a grandparent, and 8.6
percent of all households in
the United States featured
grandparent caregivers.
According to Pruchno, 9.2
percent of black children and
2.3 percent of white children
in the U.S. are being raised
by a grandmother. The study
found “quality of relationship
with [the] grandchild’s par
ents is significantly related to
care-giving satisfaction for
the white grandmothers, but
this relationship is not signif
icant for the black grand
mothers.” Family dynamics
and the relationship with the
grandchild’s parents may be
important in understanding
the care-giving experiences of
white grandmothers, accord
ing to the authors.
Anthony said, “Ebony made
it very easy” to switch back
into mommy mode. ‘T was
very high energy and a lot of
my fiiends would say I’m still
high energy,” Anthony said.
“Ebony just blended in very
well with my lifestyle.”
And it didn’t hurt that
Ebony was the type of child
who always made mommy
proud.
“I never wanted to do any
thing that would embarrass
my grandmother,” Moore-
Roach said. “Even as a stu
dent at Winston-Salem State,
I said I wanted to be like my
grandmother when I grew
up.”’
Tbday, Moore-Roach and
Anthony both have a great
relationship with Moore-
Roach’s biological mother.
But the two of them still
share a bond that is beyond
the traditional grandmoth
er/granddaughter relation
ship. They’re more than fam
ily, they are best fiiends.
Parenting improvement is seminar goal
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Russell’s son, finds motiva
tion in his father, and is grate-
ful to having a strong father
figure. “I think the workshop
is going to be good,” the
younger Alexander said. “My
dad has impacted me a lot in
my life.”
Fred Crowe, a deacon at
Galilean Christian Church,
told the audience about how
he was a burden to his moth
er because there was no
father figure around. Crowe
said his father left when he
was 5 and didn’t see him
again until he was 18.
“I was never a bad kid,” said
Crowe, who spent nine years
in jail for several offenses,
including robbery and drug-
related charges. “I just got
involved with the wrong
crowd because I wanted
things like money, and (Air)
Jordans. I did not know how
to give love or express
myself.”
Participants were advised
on what they can do to be bet
ter parents by the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Parent
Advocate Group representa
tives. Although the role of
parent advocates is different
at each school their goal is the
same. They are liasions
between schools and parents
and help rectify problems.
‘Tt’s different things for dif
ferent schools. I am the
extended mother and father,”
said advocate Angela Grant.
The Children in Crisis
Network will also have anoth
er workshop one week before
school to discuss how the par
ents are prepared to go into
the academic year as fathers
and mothers.
Sunglasses can make summer look much cooler
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How can something as
small as a pair of sunglasses
change a look—or even have
trends of its own?
Color on the face, for one,
can be a huge transforma
tion. Red fi-ames versus black
frames, even if they’re the
same shape, can look entirely
different.
“They^re jewelry for the
face,” says fashion designer
James Mischka, who, with
partner Mark Badgley,
laimched the first Badgley
Mischka sunglasses collec
tion this season. The compa
ny most recognized for its
eveningwear also introduced
optic glasses.
“We’re known for our orna
mentation and embellish
ment. We’re applying those
principles to the frames. We
used modem technology but
the glasses have the old-
school feeling of Swarovski
cj^stals, laser-cut lace inlays
on frames, pearls. There’s
even one with feathers inlaid
in the plastic—that was a
technological ■ challenge,”
Mischka says with a laugh.
Other eye-catching details
on sunglasses this summer
could be rimless frames,
metal studs, an interesting
"lining” on the arms’ interior
or a pattern on the arms’
exterior, notes Peggy Fries,
senior marketing manager
for Luxottica, the manufac
turer of glasses for licensees
Donna Karan, Ray-Ban,
Dolce & Gabbana, and its
own brand Vogue.
When it comes to this sea
son’s shades, buzz words
include “geek chic” and
“retro,” says Fries.
“White is everywhere in
eyewear” Fries says, thanks
to the popularity of plastic
frames. The plastic trend also
will lead to the Ray-Ban
Wayfarer, first popularized by
Audrey Hepburn in
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and
later Tbm Cruise in “Risky
Business,” to being very hot,
she predicts. Another look
Cmise helped make famous ~
the Aviators he wore in “Tbp
Gun” — is enjoying a revival.
The traditionally metallic
glasses, which were first
introduced in 1937, are addi
tionally being offered in plas
tic frames and with more
square-shaped lenses.
On other styles, there’ll be
more careful, subtle and
sophisticated use of embell
ishment, Fries says. Instead
of all-over glitzy beading or
logos, look for purposeful
placement of studs and crys
tals.
The market is a lot more
willing to experiment, she
notes, probably because they
see more options without
going into a store to do their
research: Sunglasses now
make frequent appearances
on fashion runways and in
paparazzi photos of celebri
ties.
“People have more than one
pair of sunglasses now.
People are shopping for it as
an accessory, not a necessity,”
Fries says.
Tfechnology has done a lot to
expand sunglass offerings,
ranging fi'om embedded MP3
players and sunglass mobile
phone hybrids to high-perfor
mance lenses, says Brent
Martin, president of Ryders
sunglasses, which is geared
toward the sports enthusiast.
Polarization, which is a fil
ter that absorbs reflective
glare, has been around a long
time, Martin says, but now it
can be injected directly into
the lens instead of being
added to it. That makes for a
higher quality, optically clear
lens, he says.
Also, photochromic lenses
have gone high tech.
Photochromic lenses change
the visible light transmission
when fight gets more or less
intense, explains Martin, also
a board member of the
Sunglass Association of
America, a nonprofit industry
advocacy group.
These lenses can now be
made of polycarbonate, which
is shatterproof - an especially
important feature on sport
sunglasses.
‘You can do a polarized,
photochromic polycarbonate.
That’s the ultimate for some
customers,” he says.
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