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...charges' leisure time and, having read the warning sticker, will decide if a film is appropriate. That notion is naively anachronistic in an age when the family as a unit of cultural consumption hardly exists: Dad watches ESPN, Mom does Lifetime, Little Bro works his Game Boy Advance, and Kid Sis is a Powerpuff Girl. Besides, children can read too. They know that parents strongly cautioned means kids desperately wanted. The whisper of the forbidden is their siren call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Essay Is Rated PG-13 | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...been down to the house, and we've become friends. He's a great kid, a most impressive young gentleman. He can read and write, which is not the usual thing for actors, and he's very bright. He knows how to listen. His Oscar is for writing, so we get along fine. I offered to adopt him a couple of weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Tom Clancy | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

Several times. They've asked me to run for the House and the Senate, but I've always managed to keep my virtue intact. I mean, who wants to hang out with those kind of people? Look at J.C. Watts--I've met him, he's a good kid, and I'm sorry he's leaving, but he wants to go to his kid's Little League games! If you're a father, that kind of rips your heart out. I respect that. I talked with Colin Powell two years ago or so--we were in Philadelphia, having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Tom Clancy | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

HAVE A RECENT PHOTO. Take photos of your child every few months, noting the child's current height and weight on the back. Allen says in missing-kid cases in which such portraits were publicized, accurate photos helped recover 1 in 6 children last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Safety Rules for Kids | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

HAVE A MEETING PLACE. Parents should establish a specific place to meet their kids in the event they become separated. For example, if you're at a fair, agree to meet at the big Ferris wheel, and tell the child to wait there until a parent shows up. It's also a good idea to take along your kid's picture, in case it needs to be shown to others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Safety Rules for Kids | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

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