Word: infantalizing
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...moral suasion. She never tires of pointing out that more than 12 million American youngsters -- 25% of the national total -- live below the federally defined poverty level. Or that while poverty has declined among other age groups, it has risen steadily among children. Or that the 10.8 infant deaths among every 1,000 live births in 1984 gave the U.S. one of the highest infant mortality rates among 20 leading industrialized nations. (And from 1983 to 1984, the C.D.F. reported last month, infant mortality rates increased in six of the country's largest cities, including Washington.) What these numbers indicate...
However the syndrome is discovered, the first few years of the infant's life are crucial. The greatest improvement among slow-learning or mentally retarded Fragile X children occurs when therapy begins early. Both Lancaster boys have undergone intensive speech, language, balance and coordination training, along with a more controversial treatment with the vitamin folic acid. The younger boy, now 8, seems to be calmer and more attentive than his ten-year-old brother, possibly because his treatment began earlier in life. "We've seen a lot of improvement," says Lancaster. "The boys are both in the Cub Scouts...
...Children die of heatstroke and dehydration in the summer or freeze in the winter," he said of the refugees who have left Afghanistan for Pakistan. He also cited high infant and maternal mortality rates, lack of schools, and psychological trauma as contributing to the poor state of refuges...
...This neglect and cut-backs in various assistance programs have contributed to an increase in our infant mortality rate--a traditional, albeit incomplete, health indicator...
...worst places for a child to be born in the industrialized world is the U.S. A report released last week by the Children's Defense Fund found that the U.S., with 10.8 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births in 1984, is tied with Belgium and East and West Germany for the highest infant mortality rate among the 20 leading industrialized nations. The C.D.F. also found that the death rate for black children is nearly twice as high as the rate for whites and that between 1983 and 1984, infant mortality rates increased in six of the country...