Even Stevens

Facts of Life

Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario found that singling out one child for positive or negative attention can throw the entire fam ily into a tizzy. Not only does the singled-out child feel pressured (if favored) or rejected (if scapegoated), but siblings also feel resentful toward favorites.

Source: Child Development, Sept. 2004

Register illustration by Tim Rauch

Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.