Word: infantability
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...Infant retardation can be reversed by sufficient environmental stimulation, Jerome Kagan, professor of Developmental Psychology, demonstrated in a recent report...
...another case, a newborn infant with only a rudimentary penis and other genital defects was "assigned" as a boy because he had two testes and the chromosome makeup of a male. With the realization that he could never be a normal man, experts decided when the boy was 17 months old to give him a chance at happiness by reassigning him as a girl. A brother, two years older, was instrumental in helping the child develop a new feminine identity. To help the older boy accept the change, his parents explained that the doctors had made a mistake and that...
...findings. By the time children in San Marcos reach the age of eleven, Kagan told the American Association for the Advancement of Science, they score as high on tests of memory, reasoning ability and perception as middle-class American children. So except in cases of physical defects, he concluded, "infant retardation is reversible, and cognitive development in the early years is plastic...
Such rights are still relatively few. The problem is complicated by the differences between an infant and an adolescent, but the basic legal principle for all minors is that the parent knows best. In broad terms, says William Aikman of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, "the child's legal status is an amalgam of noncitizen, slave, overprotected pet and valuable chattel." He has no legal right to work, to choose his own friends, or to decide on his religion. Adds Henry Foster, who teaches family law at New York University: "Women used to need a guardian before they could...
...billion medical bill is the result of poor nutrition. The U.S. Department of Agriculture apparently agrees. In a recent report on nutrition it speculated that good eating habits could cut the incidence of heart and vascular diseases by 25%, reduce respiratory infections by 20% and slash arthritis, diabetes and infant mortality by half...