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ON a recent Sunday evening, Wanda Urbanska and her family gathered around the table to catch up over cabbage and potato pierogies. Her 89-year-old mother, a retired college professor, sat across from Henry, her 14-year-old grandson, whose blue T-shirt matched the swaths of color in his hair. He told the women about the rave he attended the night before, where he ''jumped up and down for three hours.'' At the end of the night, Henry typically takes his grandmother by the arm and walks her home. She lives in a small cottage in the backyard, a few steps away from the table where they all dine together. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Marcia Tillotson and Joy Kenefick aren't your typical drill sergeants. They run what they call a retirement boot camp, aimed at making sure their investment clients who are contemplating retirement know exactly what they're getting into. The exercise focuses primarily on finances -- after all, the two women are partners in a financial advisory practice that is part of Wells Fargo Advisors in Charlotte, N.C. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]