When 17-year-old Anna Kinderman takes a turn too fast in her parents' sedan or jams the brakes too hard, she apologizes aloud even when no one else is in the car. "Sorry, Dad," she says, looking up at the camera mounted on the rear-view mirror.

By SPIKE DOLOMITE WARD\ Local View IT'S that time of year again. The API scores have been released to the public, just in time for kids to go back to school. Anxiety, competition, fear and pride are felt by parents all over the city.

By Rhoda Fukushima, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 28--You've outfitted the dorm room with IKEA furniture. You've gone to the campus bookstore to load up on required reading. Now, don't forget another important piece of the college experience: your health.

By Rebecca Hagelin The Heritage Foundation The headline on the Aug. 6 Washington Post Style section was so visually "loud" that no other words were immediately visible to my eyes. It screamed, "Chill Out, Mom," followed by "Parents Fret About Children's Entertainment.

Graduates, we, the village that helped raise you, are proud of you. Yes, we know the emotions you are experiencing - excitement about your impending independence, whether you are graduating high school and headed for college or other training or graduating college and going to work.