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...year in jail on each count (sentencing is expected next month). Shriver testified Monday that she felt like a "caged animal" when the two photographers surrounded her car and that she became "terrified" after losing sight of her young son Patrick during a chaotic scene outside a preschool in Santa Monica...
...Holden-Galluccio household in suburban Maywood, N.J., is unremarkable in most respects. There's oatmeal with bananas at breakfast, then preschool for Adam, 2, regular feedings for his one-year-old foster sister and bedtime stories when Dad returns from a long day at his telecommunications job. Dad No. 1, that is: Jon Holden and Michael Galluccio are a Ward and June Cleaver for the '90s, gay partners whose yearning for a traditional family of sorts--Dad, Dad and the kids--may have just transformed the battle for gay equality...
...tried not to put him into preschool," she says. "I'm not a fan of child care. I knew my son would be a lot better off in a home...
Several forces have encouraged the creation of these shows for preschoolers. Cable continues to grow and demand more programming for every conceivable niche; new FCC regulations require broadcast stations to air three hours of educational and informational programming for children each week; recent research in early childhood development has stimulated interest in that stage of life; and, finally, producers have discovered that a preschool show can make a lot of money. "The success of some preschool shows in driving licensing and product sales is extraordinary," says Marjorie Kaplan, who oversees children's programming at the Discovery Networks. "When something like...
...object to the content of the new shows; it's the style of some of them that raises questions. Experts say that preschoolers are best served by shows that are slow-paced, repetitive and simple. Daniel Anderson, a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has written extensively on children's television, has been a consultant on several shows and has developed guidelines for preschool programming. "The most fundamental principle is, make it understandable," he says. "It takes a lot of work to get writers and producers to understand what preschoolers are capable of digesting. And the second principle...