Word: adult
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Details are sketchy, for obvious reasons, but what is known is that 10 eight to 13-year-old boys and girls in Brattleboro, Vt., organized a prostitution operation and ran it without an adult pimp for up to a year before it was shut down last week. Police say the idea originated when a girl was sexually molested by two or more adults sometime last year. It apparently occured to the child that there was money to be made...
...iconography of American entertainment, there are two symbols that instantly conjure up one-word responses: Playboy's stylized bunny connotes "sex" and Disney's geometric logo type mouse suggests "family." But the bunny and the mouse have more than just prominent ears in common. Playboy equals naughty adult fun; Disney, whole some kid fun. Disney and Playboy are both purveyors of fantasy: Playboy makes real women seem unreal; Disney makes unreal adventures seem real. The Playboy mansion is a sort of Disneyland for adults; Disneyland is the Playboy mansion for kids...
Some Disney viewers have complained that the service is too "adult," that its programming is oriented not to children but to nostalgic older viewers for whom the shows are a kind of video déjà vu. Jimirro acknowledges that 20% of Disney subscribers do not have children under 13. But he prefers to see this as a sign that the service offers "something universal...
Experts worry about the rate of heavy drinking among students because of evidence suggesting a strong link between drinking habits established during college with those evident among the adult population...
What should an outsider do when a child reveals, however obliquely or mutedly, that his parents are abusive? First, say counselors, the trusted adult should believe the child; youngsters rarely invent such stories. The adult should tell the child that this is not a secret that must be kept, then try to determine if it is safe for the youngster to return home. The adult can confront the offender, warn someone else in the family, or seek outside professional help. Most large communities have child-protection agencies, community mental-health centers, a children's hospital and police departments with...