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...young Liberians who have known only war and killing, violence is a habit that may take years to outgrow. A big fear is that Taylor's exit will trigger an upsurge in violence, perhaps by Taylor's bands of teenage militias. Standing guard at the God Bless You Gate, Morris Diggs, 14, says he wants to go home and go back to school, but he doesn't even know where his parents are. "We are afraid. If Charles Taylor leaves, you think we are safe?" he asks. "When the President goes, who will take care of us? George Bush will...
Sales of kids' clothing are traditionally less volatile than those of adults' clothing. Children constantly outgrow things, whereas adults can more easily defer clothing purchases, especially in hard times. But this doesn't fully explain today's persistent increase in kids' apparel sales. For that, one has to look at shifts in demographics, marketing and the national mood...
...grandchildren, Grace, 2, and James, 6 weeks. "My heart just glows when I see them wearing something so cute," says Burton. Her last impulse buy for her granddaughter was a $50 bathing suit patterned like a strawberry, with fake leaves sprouting from the shoulders. No doubt Grace will outgrow it before next summer, but you don't want to get in the way of a grandparent intent on grabbing. --With reporting by Amy Bonesteel/Atlanta and Esther Chapman/Omaha
...jacket was cheap compared with the $525 vintage Levi's ("That's five bills for pants somebody else pooped in!" my husband exclaimed when I told him about the diminutive jeans). But I remembered that I was about to buy a garment my son would wear once and quickly outgrow and that, in today's economy, thrifty is in. I went back...
There is plenty to learn about how anxiety and fear shape the brain. One of the biggest mysteries is the relationship between anxiety and depression. Researchers know that adults who suffer from depression were often very anxious as children. (It's also true that many kids outgrow their anxiety disorders to become perfectly well-adjusted adults.) Is that just a coincidence, as many believe, or does anxiety somehow prime the brain to become depressed later in life? Brain scans show that the amygdala is very active in depressed patients, even when they are sleeping. Studies of twins suggest that many...