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What effect does the lack of parental guidance have on children with these behavioral problems? Adults think of their own happiness at the expense of their children's and then want an easy medication to fix children's problems. Let's give kids what they need and want--our time! MIKE ENNEKING Columbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 24, 2003 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...approach out there, but right now I am too sapped of energy, emotion and time from dealing with my son and the effects of his illness on the whole family to find it. Families like mine need understanding, not judgment. I am not looking for a quick or easy fix. There is none when raising a child with a severe illness. JANE M. SMITH Arlington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 24, 2003 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...child. Much needless suffering could have been avoided. Restoring a neurochemical balance in the brain, however imprecise the method, allows one to function normally and master emotional skills. Only then can a person benefit from psychological treatment and counseling. Those who call these medications a quick fix are hiding behind a screen of moralistic superiority and have never suffered from one of these debilitating diseases. JANE SIBLEY Dallas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 24, 2003 | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

People who are addicted to their BlackBerry wireless PDAs have been known to suffer withdrawal symptoms when they go abroad and lose their signal. But BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is ready to offer them a fix: the 7200 series color-screen world phones, offered by AT&T Wireless, Cingular and T-Mobile, the three largest GSM carriers. The term world phone describes one that can operate on several different frequency bands worldwide. The three carriers' 7200 BlackBerrys differ slightly in the frequencies they can access; to determine your own needs, consult your service provider or gsmworld.com These new phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Global with BlackBerrys | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

None of that will fix a basic Touareg glitch: that strange name. After dealers heard it in 2002, some begged VW for a change of name, fearing that U.S. customers wouldn't have a clue about how to pronounce it. VW has tacitly admitted that they were right. Some of the first TV ads for the Touareg parody the pronunciation (which, for the record, is tour-egg). VW says Americans had difficulty pronouncing Passat when it launched. (Never mind fahrvergnugen.) But that doesn't dispel the sense that VW's marketing department is in triage mode. VW named the Touareg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pitch to the Rich | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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