Word: parentalism
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...When a child screams in delicious fright as these image leap from the screen and into the brain's trauma center, any parent will whisper a consoling "They're not real, honey." They are, though-as real as any nightmares the dream machine can conjure. But a machine didn't dream up, design, build, or give festering life to these creatures. Stan Winston...
Finally, you can try to lighten the guilt load a bit. "There's a lot of parent-blaming that goes on," says the New York Obesity Research Center's Carnell, part of a British team trying to tease out just how genetics affect appetite, "and I think that's probably unfair. Parents are a powerful influence, but there are other influences as well--like genes." Recognizing that at least some cards in the obesity hand are dealt even before a child is born can be an important first step for parents and kids accustomed to thinking their weight woes...
...places on the heart, bones and other organs--is to detect signs of weight gain in kids early. "We don't want to get to the point where children are so overweight, they have trouble moving," she says. "If that happens, we've lost the battle." As any parent of an overweight child knows, in the war on obesity, every battle counts...
...Every parent wants to do the right thing. A recent survey found that 80% of parents of kids ages 6 to 11 feel they are responsible for their child's weight and physical fitness--and the fact is, in many ways they are. So why the disconnect between intentions and results? "This is a classic example in which parents need to literally walk the walk," says Dr. David Katz, of Yale University's School of Public Health. "We know that kids will be more active if their parents are more active." The key, says Katz, is to get the entire...
While others study Ranthambore's tiger boom, range officer Shaktawat is enjoying its fruits, keeping tabs on the cubs he first sighted three months ago. "I've been watching them play. It's nice to see they're growing up well," Shaktawat says, sounding like a proud parent. "For us foresters, this is no less than a birth in the family...