Word: linn
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...What putting babies in front of this video does is deprive them of hands-on creative play, which is the foundation of learning," says Dr. Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and author of The Case for Make Believe. "Babies aren't asking to be put in front of these videos. They're not congregating in front of the watercooler to talk about Beyoncé. They don't get anything from the video that they couldn't gain from parents who play music around the house...
...mortality report, health workers held focus groups to assess their patients' health concerns. There were many - foremost among them, the simple desire to feel deserving of good health. "The most shocking thing was that people really wanted to be healthy but there was a disconnect," says program associate Katie Linn, who ran the focus groups. "A lot of it came down to self-worth - they didn't feel like they were worthy of taking care of themselves...
Based on the participants' responses, NAMI created a program called Six Weeks to Wellness, a weekly class that teaches everything from proper nutrition to controlling anxiety through yoga and meditation. "It's been wildly popular," says Linn. "It helps to say, 'Your health is important to us.' They've never heard that before...
...need 30 minutes apart from his paramour?—but there’s no charisma behind it. “Fast Car” is unfortunately not a Tracy Chapman cover, but it’s almost verbatim “Little Red Corvette.” Linn drum-machine beats and handclaps abound: sonically, it’s a cute little Prince homage. But everything that made “Corvette” top-shelf pop is missing here. The-Dream doesn’t have Prince’s vocal chops, and “Fast...
...development, never mind the DVDs, which bring some creativity-crushing side-effects of their own. "It used to be that kids went to the movies once and saw a film and then if they wanted to revisit the film and enter that world again, they played about it," says Linn. Now, instead of recreating Snow White's world in their heads, kids pop in the DVD and mouth along to "Magic Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" over and over again. Media-linked toys aren't just making it hard for kids to learn...