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...subtitle subtly proclaims, Parents is "America's #1 Family Magazine." Aimed at a breast-feeding, diaper-changing, stroller-pushing audience, this guide to raising children hasn't historically been a hot item among college students. Not yet, at least...
What makes the whole thing so silly, he says, is that toilet training can be a snap if you use the technique he calls "naked and $75." You remove the diaper, put a portable potty within reach of your two-year-old and wait for the inevitable accident. "Kids that age hate to have 'it' running down their legs," Rosemond explains. "So they stop the flow, and you lead them to the seat. The $75 is for cleaning the carpet." Within a few days, he says, the child is trained--and knows who's boss. "This technique...
Leach does side with Rosemond on one point: Brazelton's affiliation with Pampers, which is pushing a supersize disposable diaper for children 35 lbs. or larger, stinks. Is Brazelton's pediatric judgment being influenced by Pampers' desire to sell more diapers? It certainly might be taken that way, even though Leach and Rosemond acknowledge that Brazelton was giving the same advice long before he and Pampers hooked up. "I agree there's a danger," admits Brazelton. "But I honestly believe in what the company does...
DISPOSABLE DIAPER Oh, baby, what a convenience! Procter & Gamble's Pampers, born in 1961, were first used only for special occasions. Now the 95% of American parents who buy disposables will spend up to $2,100 a child to avoid washing diapers...
Throw in a white-water rafting sequence, a hungry wolf and a large number of runaway monkeys which have conveniently escaped from a nearby monkey-circus train wreck, and you get a movie that's a little too big for its diapers. Come on--a two-year-old who can take care of his newborn brother for a whole night, armed only with a diaper bag and his own wits? Even so, it might have worked out in the end, if the filmmakers hadn't insisted on combining "deeper issues" within the shell of this rollicking adventure...