Word: childhoods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weak that at one point she couldn't get out of bed. When a doctor recommended Paxil in conjunction with therapy, Linda recoiled. "I did not want to put my baby on an antidepressant," she says. Then she relented because, she says, "Megan wasn't living her childhood." Linda noticed changes in just two weeks. Soon Megan was singing again. "She's not drugged or doped," says Linda. "She still cries when she sees Old Yeller and still has moody days." But, as Megan says, "I'm back to normal, like I used...
...great lion. Those very books have been my companions from the first day a quite proper English lady (there's nothing else to call her but that!) read them to my fourth-grade class until now as I am preparing to leave the sanctuaries of college life and childhood behind for good...
...attend middle school, and I have read about the many school-related acts of gun violence. I have also noticed that a lot of people are blaming these acts on a troubled childhood in which these students are singled out by their peers. But I believe that the main reasons for these crimes are the Internet and easy access to guns. The children of America should be the ones most involved in seeking out signs of a disturbed youngster. Students can observe things on a closer and more personal level than adults can. And people should be completely aware that...
...Massachusetts Association of Teachers and the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers will rally on Boston Common. According to the Massachusetts Association of Teachers' Web site, the teachers will be turning out in favor of "smaller class sizes, safe and healthy schools, alternative programs for disruptive students, more early childhood education and mentor programs for new teachers." Although the rally's goals are certainly laudable, the organizations conspicuously ignore the one measure that could truly improve public schools: raising teachers' salaries so that they are comparable with those of similar professions...
GOODBYE REYE'S Today, 20 years after doctors realized that Reye's syndrome was linked to taking aspirin, the dreaded childhood illness has virtually disappeared. Only two cases were reported in the U.S. in 1997, in contrast to 550 in 1980. The appearance of even two cases suggests that despite warnings on bottle labels, parents are still giving kids aspirin for viral diseases. That's a no-no, especially with chickenpox...