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...pastor's power is to tell you what it all means. And so Mike Huckabee, the preacher turned politician, stands before several hundred in a convention hall here Friday, spinning a tale worthy of a worship service. His campaign, he says, is not just about his ideas for the country. It is about reclaiming the very essence of America - a land where any child, no matter how poor or disconnected from power, can grow up to be President of the United States...
...hear Huckabee tell it, he is the candidate who knows what it's like on the wrong side of the tracks. In other election cycles, Huckabee's fellow Republicans might have called this sort of talk the language of "class warfare," the bread and butter of John Edwards, the faux-populism of John Kerry. By tradition and ideology, the Grand Old Party has long avoided directly addressing America's deepening gulf in opportunity and income. For years, the conservative vision has held that all citizens, even the short order cook or the assembly line worker, benefit from a rising stock...
...squirted in the eyes with Windex by her younger autistic brother. (She survived just fine.) Even my son Nate, who isn't aggressive but is twice the size of Joey, often hugs Joey - tight. Very tight. Around the neck. When Joey yells "MOM!" I've learned to tell the difference between Mom, can you help me find my Gameboy? and MOM, he's choking me! (Read "Fragile X: Unraveling Autism's Secrets...
Solution: Find a safe haven "I tell parents to have a 'safe place,' usually the child's room, where the typical child can go while an adult handles the behavior problem," says Harris. "Then, as soon as they can, the parents should comfort the typical child and help him or her understand what happened...
...child in an older kid's body. [Will] may go up to one of my girlfriends and sit on her on the couch - which probably would have been cute when he was five years old but he's 17 now," Reynolds says. "That can be hard because you can tell when someone feels awkward or scared or thrown...