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...Test: can she raise a child and have a career at the same time, without a man in her life? Can she keep up with clients and ambitious underlings and still have time to find a trustworthy nanny and to work on getting her child into the "right" preschool? As it often does, Baby Boom offers a pat and unsurprising answer--"Nope...
There is, however, no evidence that structured exercise confers any physical benefits on infants and preschoolers, and a growing number of skeptics have criticized the centers. An American Academy of Pediatrics committee recently completed a two-year study of preschool exercise programs. "We feel that they are not necessary for normal development and in no way give children a head start," says Dr. Suzanne Haefele, a committee member. Besides, parents do a lot of the same things on their own, points out Pediatrician George Sterne of the Tulane Medical Center, such as bicycling their babies' legs or playing...
...something about our society's values that we pay animal caretakers more than people who care for our children." Gilda Ongkeko is delighted with the quality of the Hill an' Dale Family Learning Center in Santa Monica, Calif., attended by Jason, 4. In her job as owner of a preschool-supply company, she has come to appreciate how unusual it is. "I've been to over 1,000 child-care centers," she says, "and I'd say that 90% of them should be shut down. It's pathetic...
More than half of the 180 residents of Saragosa, a tiny farm town in West Texas, were in the community hall Friday night attending a graduation ceremony for preschool children enrolled in a Government Head Start program. About 8 p.m., some heard a whistling sound. "Someone yelled a tornado was coming, and parents started grabbing their kids from the stage," recalls Elodia Garcia, 26. A number shoved their children under tables and benches...
This week jury selection continues in Los Angeles in the notorious McMartin Preschool case. In a trial expected to last more than a year, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 60, and her son Raymond, 28, face charges involving 99 counts of sexual molestation. But similar charges against the school's founder and four former teachers were dropped because of insufficient evidence. The five, who are pursuing a joint $50 million defamation and negligence suit, claim their lives were ruined. "It cost us our home," says Betty Raidor, 67, who spent three months in jail until she could make the $750,000 bail...