Word: infantalizes
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...mother to " kill it! " No amount of bribes had worked, and his lack of sleeping was affecting his days in kindergarten. He refused to go outside for recess and was withdrawn from his peers. After prescribing penicillin for the strep and ordering a blood test on the jaundiced infant, I called the appropriately anxious mom back...
...Manne argues that the value of full-time motherhood needs to be reasserted (see box, next page) - and that children's interests are best served when mothers are well supported, whether they stay at home or juggle work and family. Many countries tackle the dilemma of infant child care by providing paid parental leave - in Canada, women who work 600 hours the year before their child is born qualify for a year's paid leave, which they can share with their partner. "It helps with family bonding," says Toronto economist Cleveland, "and gets rid of the problems with infant care...
...That reduces the chance you?ll be hearing this: "And the winner is? from the Terrorist?I mean Palestinian Authority?" So now the race is wide open. Las Vegas bettors favor Tsotsi, a South African fable (by Nobel laureate Athol Fugard) about a vicious thug who adopts an adorable infant. Two fact-based films have good intentions: Joyeux Noel, about the three-nation battlefield truce in World War I, and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, a German film about the World War II activist tried and killed for protesting against Hitler. But the award often goes to the least-known...
...recognition of his role as a gynecologist in the film “Dr. T and The Women,” Gere was asked to deliver a baby from a cast member wheeled onstage. Gere slowly approached the table when another cast member, dressed as an infant, walked up to Gere and congratulated him on a job well done...
...infant then demanded that Gere use his skills as a defense attorney, shown in the films “Primal Fear” and “Chicago,” to defend the fact that he “made the same movie twice” by starring opposite Julia Roberts in both “Pretty Woman” and “Runaway Bride...