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Kuwaiti Embassy spokesperson Noida Ashton also noted these options and added that of the 3,000 Kuwaiti students studying in the US, less than 200 have opted to return home...
...Ashton Carter, a Kennedy School professor and former assistant secretary of defense, said he thinks the government must think about fighting all types of terrorism, not just air traffic, in a “calculated and deliberate way.” He advocated improving intelligence by merging domestic and international efforts, improving response programs and developing better strategies to reduce the appeal of terrorist organizations...
...technology in the world is going to replace a hug," Sloop says. Mom and daughter visit as often as possible. Ashton goes to Ohio for three-day weekends, parts of longer vacations and most of the summer. Mom comes to Florida. They videoconference twice weekly and talk by phone almost every night. Gary Kaleita says he wants some "accommodations" made in the timing of Tawny's phone calls to schedule homework and other activities better. And he would have preferred that Ashton use the computer he already owned. Now he uses the new equipment to see and talk with Ashton...
Virtual visitation cannot replace real visits, Ashton's parents both say, and experts agree. Yale University Child Study Center faculty member and attorney David Rosen calls videoconferencing "a great idea" as a supplement to real visits, but he also sees a danger. With such technology, parents might become "more casual" about moving away from their children, he says. Cynthia Kaplan, a child psychologist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., says parenting "is much more about being there," but for parents who can't be there, she suggests that courts appoint therapists to identify visitation methods most helpful to each child...
...Ashton says she's feeling "dandy." She and her mom look into each other's eyes as their banter veers from pets to overalls to mud walks. "O.K., Princess. I'll call you tonight," Kaleita-Sniderman says. But just as Ashton turns away, her mom calls, "Wait, wait! Kiss!" and presses her lips close to the camera. "Bye, Princess," she says, blowing the kiss across the airwaves to her daughter...