By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE If you were asked what values you think children should learn, you might come up with some variation of the typical four that come to mind after family: respect for others, appropriate leisure activities, belief (religion) and work ethics. However, those concepts could be considered more activities than values. What if you were given a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Imagine a museum dedicated to the most important person in your life, YOU! Yes, it is time to get ready for your own personal photo op, set in a winter wonder-landscape with peppermint candy canes, sugarplum fairies, magical elves and even a giant Christmas unicorn. Mexico City’s very first pop-up Selfie Museum is set to open on
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By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE PUERTO VALLARTA, Jalisco — In most developed countries, it is pretty easy to know who the seniors are. They are the ones who get discounts at Denny’s and at the hotel and car chains. There are a some discounts in Mexico for seniors, but not many. Part of the problem is that is is not
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS You might consider it a rare blessing during the covid-19 lockdown, but this year you won’t have to take your mom out on May 10 for a meal of rubber chicken breasts and dubious cream of something-or-other soup. But that does not — repeat, does not — excuse you from doing something special for her on Mother’s
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Okay, so we are all (hopefully) safely stationed inside our homes with a month’s supply of tasty (and healthy) eats and other basic necessities. But even if you have a big family with whom to interact (or, maybe, especially if you have a big family with whom to fight), during this indefinite period of home repose and
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