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3 days ago
- Health
- Boston Globe
A new study reveals a sharp decline in moms' mental health. Is overparenting part of the problem?
This week, a Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up There's so much in this world to justify our stress. But: Is overparenting burning us out on top of it all? I chatted with Elkins (in between reminding my eighth-grader to stay after school for homework help and clicking 'refresh' on my second-grader's soccer schedule) to find out. Advertisement Let's start with your thoughts about the study, and then we'll go into the overparenting stuff. Advertisement It's confirming what we're all seeing firsthand, which is that moms are really struggling. The focus is really timely, especially in light of last year's surgeon general I liked that they highlighted in the article that [more] research on maternal mental health centers around the perinatal period. … But what about moms whose babies are older than 6 months? We're in this for a while. Maternal mental health is suffering. We can't blame it all on COVID. Sign up for Parenting Unfiltered. Globe staff #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; } /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */ Subscribe * indicates required E-mail * Where do you feel it's coming from? Is the problem overparenting? We can't draw clear, direct conclusions between overparenting and declining mental health based on the study. That being said, I think the fact that the study highlighted a decline in maternal mental health across the sociodemographic spectrum suggests that there's more here than structural racism, access to resources, housing insecurity, and other [systemic] factors that are impacting well-being. It suggests, at the very least, that we need to discuss and hopefully study the cultural factors to which I think this generation of parents is exposed and how it influences beliefs and values, which ultimately translate into behaviors. This is where I actually think that overparenting is a timely construct. Are we all competing with each other? What are we doing? I'm an elder millennial. I think that, somewhere along the line, we became convinced that parenting is both really high stakes and also controllable. It's a perfect storm. We came of age during this boom in brain science and child development research, and a growing interest in attachment theory and the impact of adverse childhood experiences. At the same time, media was shifting, so these insights started making their way into headlines. We had this explosion of the science behind [parenting], but also the dissemination behind it. Advertisement Today's parents are often delaying parenthood. A lot of us are older, which often means that we're more highly educated, and that means that we've spent all these years in achievement-driven environments where hard work and problem-solving get results, and we're used to having agency. If something is broken, we fix it, and our boss says, 'Good job.' When it comes to parenting, we're bringing the same mind-set: We're analyzing and optimizing and deep-diving on the internet to figure out research. We're trying to manage every variable. What's the difference between overparenting and snowplow or intensive parenting? Overparenting is a more deeply held core belief. It's not just about hovering behaviors or snowplowing behaviors. I find that it's usually rooted in two beliefs. The first is that negative emotions are unsafe or somehow harmful, and they should be avoided. We feel that the normal emotions that we might all expect kids to be exposed to — shame and fear and sadness and boredom — are somehow bad. We need to protect our kids from them. The second belief is really fueled by the intensive parenting narrative, which is that it's a parent's job — almost their sacred responsibility — to shape every part of their child's life, including how they feel. The belief that whatever is uncomfortable is actually unsafe, then that belief is going to drive us into all sorts of overparenting behaviors because we feel that we're responsible and are going to condemn our kids to a lifetime of emotional floundering if we're not doing this right. Advertisement Is this just an upper-to-upper-middle-class phenomenon? You'd think that it's primarily an upper-middle-class phenomenon. There's some research to show that this might be more prominent among women with a higher educational background. I think the data is a little bit tricky on that, because most of the research is going to come from clinical populations, which tend to skew more white and upper-middle-class, because they're the ones who can access the care. But we do have data indicating that families across the sociodemographic spectrum value the things that intensive parenting values. It's not like they dismiss it; I think perhaps their opportunity to live it out in real time might be diluted. How does this manifest in real life? It's funny: While we were talking, I was mouthing to my eighth-grader to check in with his teacher about a grade as he walked out the door. I guess I'm guilty. What are some prominent examples from your practice? In the child anxiety world, [there is] what we call parental accommodation, the behavioral and clinical descriptor for how overparenting plays out. These are changes that parents make to our own behavior in an effort to decrease the distress of our kids. We see this in clinical populations: [about] 95 to 98 percent of parents of anxious kids accommodate. There's not a lot of research on the prevalence of accommodation in non-clinical populations, because most of this is studied in clinics like mine, but one study found that one in four parents of non-anxious kids report daily accommodation: That's 25 percent of parents changing their behavior daily in an attempt to minimize their kids' distress. … It's related to parents' own core beliefs around what is safe for our kids and what our responsibility is to our kids. Advertisement [We need] warmth with limits. But somewhere along the line, our social media feeds told us that setting limits around your kids' emotions is bad. One example is your kid gets cut from a sports team. Obviously, they feel really upset. Maybe, the overparenting response would be to call the coach and to complain, or to tell the child that they were treated unfairly: 'You were treated poorly, and I'm going to do something about it.' The aim is to protect the kid from feeling shame, rejection, and failure. A love-and-limits approach might be to acknowledge the disappointment, to express a belief in your child's ability to cope with that disappointment, and to put it back on them: 'What do you want to do next? Do you want to try another league? Do you want to do something else?' If your kid is anxious over a really tough homework assignment, the overparenting path might be getting highly involved, giving a lot of scaffolding around the assignment, and maybe ultimately doing the majority of the work. A love-and-limits approach might be validating the distress: 'This is a monster of an assignment,' suggesting one or two coping strategies, but then dropping the rope. It's validation of the distress, but with the narrative that: 'You can cope with this hard feeling, and I bet you can come up with a solution. I'm here if you need a suggestion or a hug.' Advertisement Overparenting becomes such a problem because with a parent's well-meaning intention of swooping in to cushion the distress, the kid gets the message: 'I can't handle this by myself.' Devil's advocate: Parents actually call coaches to complain that their kid got cut from a team? I find that mortifying. This is a thing that happens? Oh yeah. … It's this hyper-awareness of what a child must be feeling in this moment, and that if they feel rejection, they're going to crumple. But the problem is that, if kids haven't had the opportunity to experience normative negative emotions and recover because parents are jumping in, then they flail spectacularly when things get really hard. You know, you've got a kid who trends anxious. They express distress. A parent jumps in, which sort of sets the framework that a kid can't handle it on their own. It becomes a really vicious cycle, and this is all swimming in intensive parenting culture. But mental health is so precarious. Of course, we want to protect our kids, because we hear horror stories about what can happen if your kids are undergoing mental distress. It's hard to unlearn that. We parents have to acknowledge the waters in which we're swimming, to first notice this tendency and get curious about our own behaviors, and the beliefs that might be driving them: What do you notice about yourself when your kid is becoming distressed or anxious? What urges do you feel driven to do? Are there behaviors you're engaging in that you wouldn't ordinarily? Get curious: What's behind these behaviors? You can start challenging yourself to tolerate your own distress in the moment by resisting the urge to jump in. Maybe there's low-hanging fruit: Your kid says that they're stressed because they've got all of this homework and got home late from dance class. You notice the urge to take responsibilities off their plate: They don't have to bring their plate to the sink, and they don't have to walk the dog, even though those are their responsibilities. Do a little exposure: What happens if they're stressed and they still have expectations in place that they participate in family life. Does your kid crumble? They're probably [mad] at you, but can you handle that? What's so bad about your kid being mad at you? It's not a kid's job to make a parent feel good about parenting decisions. So many of the questions I get around this are: How do I explain my decision not to give them a phone? At the core of that question is: How do I make it so that my kid isn't mad about my decision not to give them the phone? Your kid doesn't have to be happy about every decision that you make. Basically, it's: How can you challenge yourself to tolerate your own distress at your kids' distress. This is a micro-exposure to build their resilience, and it builds your resilience, too. Interview was edited and condensed. Kara Baskin can be reached at
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
‘They're on. They're off.' Court rulings add to whiplash for businesses on Trump's tariffs.
'We've taken a position of remaining cool and seeing what happens,' said Dana Katz, owner of Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up He hasn't raised prices yet on his tailored men's suits, blazers, and other merchandise even though about 95 percent of it is imported from a variety of countries. But Katz said he's been in frequent communication with his wholesale suppliers and will have to raise prices if the tariffs remain in place. Advertisement Right now, that's a big if. Trump has made tariffs a centerpiece of his economic policy. He has argued that increasing the levies the US government slaps on foreign imports from dozens of nations — as high as 145 percent at one point this year on goods from China — will lure more manufacturing back to the United States and provide leverage to negotiate more favorable trade deals. Advertisement But the higher tariffs have triggered trade wars with several foreign nations, including China and Canada, which raised their own levies on US goods in response. Trump has tried to mitigate the fallout, which included major financial market selloffs, by reducing or pausing some of the increases, including through Trump's actions also spurred lawsuits from business owners and several Democratic-run states arguing that he had exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977. Trump had said the federal trade deficit and the flow of fentanyl into the country constitute emergencies. On Wednesday in Manhattan, a three judge panel of appointees by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and Trump himself unanimously struck down most of the president's tariffs, saying the law did not give him 'unbounded authority.' The court kept in place tariffs on steel, aluminum, and automobiles imposed under other laws. Then on Thursday, that ruling was temporarily halted by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Separately, US District Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama appointee, granted a preliminary injunction Thursday against the same set of tariffs in a case filed in Washington, D.C., by two small businesses. He paused the injunction for 14 days to give the Trump administration time to appeal. White House officials decried the rulings as the actions of 'rogue judges' and predicted Trump ultimately would prevail. Advertisement 'As far as we're concerned, our trade agenda is moving forward . . . and we fully expect to win this case in court,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Administration officials are continuing to negotiate trade deals with foreign leaders and Leavitt said Trump spoke to Japan's prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, Thursday in a call she described as 'very good.' But William Reinsch, a trade expert who served in the Clinton administration, predicted that foreign officials won't want to agree to any trade deals until the tariff court cases are fully resolved. 'It seems to me that no government in its right mind will agree to concessions given the possibility that the need to do that might go away,' said Reinsch, now a senior adviser at the bipartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. The stalling of trade talks will just add to the uncertainty on tariffs that has frozen US businesses, he said. 'They're up. They're down. They're on. They're off. There are exceptions. There aren't exceptions. They're bigger. They're smaller. They're postponed. They're not postponed,' Reinsch said. 'I mean, who knows on any given day what's going to happen? And so nobody does anything because they're waiting for the dust to settle." Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, got a firsthand taste of the trouble when he held a roundtable on tariffs in Manchester, Vt., on Wednesday with local businesses, including fishing gear manufacturer Orvis and Back Roads Granola. 'We literally have situations . . . where if they're importing something, it'll be on a cargo ship from abroad, and just before it hits the port there will be a 50 percent tariff increase,' Welch told the Globe. 'They're complaining about the added price, but also the total uncertainty that makes it impossible to do their business, whether it's super-premium granola or super-premium fly casting rods.' Advertisement Trump's burst of tariffs in April raised the overall average US rate on foreign goods tenfold, to 25 percent from about 2.5 percent at the end of last year, said Gregory Daco, chief economist at global consulting firm EY-Parthenon. The temporary suspension of many of the tariffs on China earlier in May lowered that average tariff rate to 14 percent — still the highest since 1939, Daco said. If this week's court rulings are upheld, the rate would drop to 4.6 percent, which while much lower is still nearly double what it was at the start of the year. 'When you raise tariffs in such an extreme manner to levels that, until recently, were inconceivable and then you lower them back down to levels that are still at historical highs, you're still implementing a significant increase in cost of doing trade and doing business,' Daco said. The ongoing tariff rollercoaster has consumed business owners, said Greg Reibman, president of the Charles River Chamber, whose members are in Newton, Needham, Watertown, and Wellesley. 'It's a big issue for everybody that I hear from, the retailers and restaurants or anybody who's dealing with any kind of supply chain issue,' he said. 'If you're a business trying to decide when to place an order, it's like playing roulette right now.' That's why Katz, of Miltons, which has stores in Braintree, Chestnut Hill, and Burlington, has been trying to remain calm. 'We certainly watch it and discuss it every day, and we have conversations with our suppliers every day,' he said. 'There's certainly a degree of uncertainty. I liken it to COVID 2.0.' Advertisement Jim Puzzanghera can be reached at
Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Here's what's in store for the Stage at Suffolk Downs this summer
Now, on the precipice of its third season – and its most robust slate of shows to date – the Stage at Suffolk Downs seems like it's off to the races at last. The venue's 2025 calendar feels like an official introduction to its capabilities as an 8,500-capacity open-air space, able to wrangle both multi-day music festivals and large-scale outdoor shows from touring artists like Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'It took us another year to truly get the venue established out there, and we are really excited to launch an exciting and diverse summer of concerts in 2025,' Bhatti says. Advertisement The venue's 2025 programming launches on Friday when This summer's lineup further cements Suffolk Down's place in the Bowery Boston family of venues, but also highlights the advantages of its lush, general admission infield. An appearance from alt-rock sisters Two festivals will also touch down in East Boston this year: a California-born Pride festival called , and the As the venue continues to strengthen its footing in the Boston music community, it also serves as a landing place for artists who are climbing the ladder of Bowery Boston venues, ascending to larger stages every time they return to the area. Bhatti cites Khruangbin as a prime example of this ongoing graduation; since 2016, the group has vaulted from cozier clubs like Great Scott (which has since closed) and The Sinclair to the mid-sized venues Royale and Roadrunner. When the band returns to Boston this summer on their 'A LA SALA' tour, their stop at Suffolk Downs will be the next logical step, both in terms of crowd size and setting. (The trio rocked Boston Calling last year, if that's any indicator of their draw or their feelings about open-air performances). Advertisement 'Having the chance to present them where their music really shines – outdoors – should be an amazing show later in June,' he says. GIG GUIDE A week after on . The Xfinity Center springs back to life on , complete with indie-pop openers Ben Harper performs with the Innocent Criminals at Roadrunner on Sunday. Adam Keely Denver's husband-wife alt-pop duo Advertisement This Friday, Bloc Party celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album "Silent Alarm" at MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Emily Marcovecchio At MGM Music Hall at Fenway, also zoom in on their new record 'Aperture' at the club on New Jersey emcee Whale Jam, an annual benefit for the Plymouth-based nonprofit Whale and Dolphin Conservation, takes over Lansdowne Street this week. At the House of Blues on Advertisement "Handle With Care," the debut album from Lowell band The Ghouls, arrives this Friday. Kira Emery NOW SPINNING The Ghouls, 'Handle With Care.' The last time I heard a project on par with 'Handle With Care,' the year was 2014 and I was enjoying alt-rock demos from The Rare Occasions, a Rhode Island group who have since moved to L.A. and netted a platinum-certified single. Needless to say, the rough 'n' tumble alternative of The Ghouls's debut record gleams with promise, and I predict the Lowell band's cartwheeling youthfulness will nab them many honors beyond their current title of 2024 Rock and Roll Rumble winners. Garbage's eighth album casts a barbed disposition over its electronic-slanted rock. Joseph Cultice Garbage, Matt Berninger's sophomore solo album "Get Sunk" is a flannel patchwork of folk and alt-rock that grows cozier with every listen. Chantal Anderson Matt Berninger, BONUS TRACK Club Passim will revel in the spirit of its Palmer Street precursor Club 47 on Advertisement Victoria Wasylak can be reached at . Follow her on Bluesky @
Boston Globe
6 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
With the Bruins moving on to in-person interviews, here's a look at the most likely candidates to become head coach
Bruins president Cam Neely said general manager Having a GM in place for the foreseeable future is critical to attract potential head coaches. Here's a look at some potential candidates: Misha Donskov, Stars assistant coach . Perhaps the most popular name around the rumor mill. A longtime NHL assistant (with the Golden Knights and Stars), Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Donskov has never been a head coach but has held nearly every other position, including scout, video coach, and director of hockey operations. Advertisement Connection to Boston : The former Norwich student was the only NHL assistant on GM Sweeney's Team Canada coaching staff at the 4 Nations Face-Off. Marco Sturm, Ontario Reign (AHL), head coach . Sturm has compiled a 119-80-17 mark with the Reign — the Kings' top affiliate. He's credited with helping to develop some of Los Angeles's promising young players. He also served as a Kings assistant for four seasons. Advertisement Sturm also has extensive international experience, highlighted by leading Germany to a surprise silver medal at the 2018 Olympics. Connection to Boston : An emotional player, Sturm spent five seasons with the Bruins after being acquired in the seismic Joe Thornton trade. Joe Sacco, Bruins interim head coach . Succeeded Jim Montgomery following the 8-9-3 start to the season. Did a solid job keeping the room together despite myriad injuries and a roster overhaul at the trade deadline. Also served as Avalanche head coach for four seasons. Connection to Boston : Medford native and Boston University product, Sacco has been on staff since 2014. Marc Savard, Maple Leafs assistant . Savard helped run Toronto's power play this season — a unit that often deployed five forwards. He previously served as an assistant with the Blues and Flames, and a head coach for the Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires. Savard has a reputation for his ability to effectively connect and communicate with players. Connection to Boston : Collected 74 goals and 305 points in 304 games across five seasons as a Bruin. Was forced to retire because of lingering effects from multiple concussions. Peter Laviolette, ex-Rangers head coach . The most accomplished résumé out there. Laviolette has held head coaching jobs with the Islanders, Hurricanes, Flyers, Predators, Capitals, and Rangers. A Franklin native and Westfield State product, he led Carolina to the Stanley Cup in 2006. Connection to Boston : Served as a Bruins assistant in 2000-01 after leading the Providence Bruins to the Calder Cup in 1999. Advertisement John Tortorella, ex-Flyers head coach . Another well-traveled coach, the fiery Tortorella has been the head man for the Lightning, Rangers, Canucks, Blue Jackets, and Flyers. He led Tampa Bay to the Stanley Cup in 2004. Tortorella, who has a no-nonsense reputation, can turn around programs quickly but also wears out his welcome quickly with his brash persona. Connection to Boston : Was born here and played at Concord-Carlisle and Maine. Jay Leach, Bruins assistant coach . Joined Montgomery's staff last summer after a three-year run as a Kraken assistant. Has a reputation as a top-notch special teams coach. Connection to Boston : Was Providence's head coach for four seasons (2016-17 through 2020-21). Ryan Mougenel, Providence (AHL), head coach . Succeeded Leach behind the Baby B's bench. Has a strong reputation for developing younger players in the Bruins systems and preparing them for varsity action. Connection to Boston : Key figure at development camp, rookie camp, and training camp. Works closely with Sweeney for potential call-ups. Jim McBride can be reached at
Boston Globe
23-05-2025
- Boston Globe
How to build a perfect visit to Sandwich
First things first — a cup of Joe and a good book Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Are you thisclose to losing it after a long drive? Treat yourself to a stop at Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters ( Please don't tell us you're bringing an e-reader or other device to the beach. Nooo! The beach is the place for real newspapers, magazines, and actual books, things that won't be destroyed by gritty sand and sunlight. Find a killer selection of new and used tomes at Titcomb's Book Shop ( Advertisement It's worth bringing your bike to take a ride along the Cape Cod Canal Bikeway. There are benches along the way, people fishing, and views of boats plying the canal. Diane Bair Best reason to bring your bike: Cape Cod Canal Bikeway You drove over this sparkling blueway as you crossed the Sagamore Bridge; now get to know it on two wheels. The bike path is actually a service road for the US Army Corps of Engineers, but locals know it as a recreation hot spot for cycling, walking, and fishing (stripers, bluefish, and sea bass.) Flat, wide, and paved, the bikeway runs on both sides of the canal, with seven miles on the north side and 6.5 miles on the south. The bikeway connects several recreation areas along the Cape Cod Canal, including Most colorful place in town: Sandwich Glass Museum Glass was manufactured in Sandwich two centuries ago by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company; Sandwich glass is now highly prized and collectible. The Sandwich Glass Museum pays homage with a gorgeous collection of blown and pressed glass pieces. Exhibit rooms take you through the history of glassmaking, with beautiful displays and some unique items like witch's balls, used to protect homes from evil spirits since the 1800s. It offers glassblowing demonstrations daily, on the hour, and sells art glass made by local and national artists in its gift shop. $14; Advertisement Best place for garden inspo: Heritage Museums and Gardens Hostas, heather, herbs, rhododendrons, and daylilies galore — those are just some of the reasons to wander through these landscaped garden paths overlooking Shawme Pond. The property also features a Shaker Round Barn filled with antique cars, an art museum showcasing New England folk art, and a classic, working carousel. It's a nostalgic vibe that will tune you into the slower side of the Cape. $25; Charlotte Cucchiaro of Brooklyn, N.Y., explores the newly-reconstructed Sandwich Boardwalk. Diane Bair Best short-and-sweet walk: Sandwich Boardwalk Newly reconstructed after a brutal winter storm in 2022, the ¼-mile-long Sandwich Boardwalk off Wood Avenue offers a scenic walk across marshland, over Mill Creek and on to Town Neck Beach. The new bridge, like the old one, is a favorite spot for fishing, kids clamming, and just hanging out. Now, it has pressurized wood, metal pilings, and sits four feet higher than the old version. It's wider, with accessible ramps (Town Neck Beach is not yet fully accessible). Free, but you'll pay for parking; Tourists are welcome at Cafe Chew in Sandwich. If you love a hefty sandwich and some Cape Cod chips, this is your place. Diane Bair Best place for a sandwich in Sandwich: Café Chew Looking for a quick, hearty bite to bring to the Cape Cod Bikeway, or just can't resist a chunky sandwich on good bread? This little place in Merchant's Square offers indoor and outdoor dining and a nice array of sandwiches, breakfast items, pastries, and salads. The owners are new-ish, (2023) but the menu is the same, so you can still order, say, The Pilgrim ($14.25), a delicious stack of roasted turkey, sage stuffing, cranberry mayo and lettuce on cranberry-pecan bread, served with Cape Cod Potato Chips (of course) and a pickle. The blackboard specials are worthy, too. Advertisement Best place for seafood-with-view: Fishermen's View For boat-to-table dining for lunch and dinner, this is a dandy choice. Owned by two commercial fishermen (who are also brothers), this upscale casual spot offers a sleek waterfront setting (with views from nearly every table) and an expansive menu of fresh oysters, crab baskets, sushi, steamed lobster, or whatever just came off the boat. Live music in season adds a festive touch. Entrees from $34; Twin Acres ice cream. Diane Bair Best place for ice cream: Twin Acres Ice cream shops on the Cape are like Dunks in the city; there's always one nearby. Our favorite in Sandwich is Twin Acres, serving 70-some flavors of hard ice cream, soft-serve, vegan ice cream, sundaes, and sausage rolls, in a pretty landscaped setting. How do you know this place is excellent? People line up for cold treats when it opens in mid-March, regardless of weather. Flavor to try: Campfire S'mores, a perfect blend of toasted marshmallow ice cream, sandy graham cracker swirls, and chocolate chunks. Best place for that classic B&B experience: Isaiah Jones Homestead B&B So, you're thinking you might want to stay awhile? Yay, you. Many Cape visitors are looking for an inn or B&B since it fits with the Olde Cape Cod motif. One that fits that description, located right in the village: A c.1848 Italianate Victorian, the Isaiah Jones Homestead. Originally built for a doctor and his family, the house offers six tastefully-appointed guest rooms. Three queen bed rooms and one king room are located in the main house, with two king-room suites in an adjacent carriage house. New owners Robert and AnaLisa Luippold live onsite, and have overseen major renovations to the property, so it's not just old, but old and comfortable. They offer a hot breakfast, including house-baked pastries (or purchased at Beth's Café nearby) and a daily port and sherry reception. Rates from $279; two-night minimum may apply; Advertisement For more information: Sandwich Antiques Center offers 5,000 square feet of browsing, with everything from Fiesta to old farm implements. Diane Bair Diane Bair and Pamela Wright can be reached at
