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Before Joey could talk, he pointed--as if to say, "Hey, Mom, look at that dog over there"--the way kids do to engage you. I flashed back to the evaluation forms we filled out for Nate when we were taking him to specialists. One question that appeared on every form was "Does your child point?" It's a major developmental step, a gesture that communicates a child's desire to share something outside himself. Nate never pointed...
FAST-FOOD NETWORKS While Mom and Dad are snoozing on Saturday morning, the kids are being hit with a barrage of ads for fast-food restaurants, according to a study by Louisiana researchers. In 1976, 12% of food plugs aimed at kids were for burgers, fries and other fast fare (43% were for breakfast cereals). Last year 20% of ads sang the praises of fast food. The trend may have contributed to the rise in child obesity, researchers...
Eighty-six percent of moms think they don't get enough RESPECT, according to a poll by Family Circle magazine. And 80% agree that moms who STAY HOME get even less. Even so, 77% of mothers who work full time would rather stay home if they could. Moms in both camps are a bit defensive: 73% of those at home think WORKING moms look down on them, and 66% of those who work feel the same way about moms who are at home. The main message, however, is a positive one: while 70% of mothers say that being a mom...
...seven-foot by four-foot portrait of me standing in my debutante dress, wearing my gloves, and holding my purse. There’s a French-blue background and our antique chairs behind me,” says Long, laughing self-deprecatingly. “My mom is very old-fashioned,” explains the native of Atlanta...
...test, expressing her feelings. . . creatively, if you will. That's what she was told to do by her parents, who are understandably miffed about the whole incident. "We've always told her that you can't take your feelings out on your teacher," says Barbara Johnson, Becca's mom, "so write about it or draw it, as a catharsis...