Word: youngsters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Assistant Coach Kevin Hampe, a two-sport captain and Harvard's 1973 Male Athlete of the Year, warmly penned his name alongside his photo in the game program. One by one, the well-spoken (and soft-spoken) players kindly and good-naturedly widened the grin of the impressionable youngster with encouraging chat and patient picture-signing. Penultimate to our ride homeward was a captivating conversation among captains past (Lane MacDonald) and present (Donato) and my son Kevin (future?). Please join me in saluting and applauding the members of the Harvard hockey program for the manner in which they exude excellence...
...stalked one another, plainly sobered by the moment but relishing their time in the spotlight. In the Senate the towering Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York stood in the back row in brown suede shoes to plead his case. Massachusetts' Ted Kennedy, not so long ago a wild political youngster, rose as a silver-haired patriarch. Near him, Iowa's Tom Harkin, popping pills to settle an unruly stomach, his hair a little too long for a true corn-belt troubadour, watched and waited to gather up some of the moment's somber glory. History is made of such things...
...fellow single mothers to "stress the positive" with their children and emphasize how loved they are. She tells how her son, age 10, once commented, "Wasn't my dad silly not to want to be a dad? He is missing out on all this fun." Little did that youngster know it is precisely the desire not to miss out that is propelling women like his mom to take the bold, unconventional step of becoming a single mother...
What is causing so much mental anguish? The sad truth is that a growing number of American youngsters have home lives that are hostile to healthy emotional growth. Psyches are extremely fragile and must be nourished from birth. Everyone starts out life with a basic anxiety about survival. An attentive parent contains that stress by making the youngster feel secure and loved...
Treatment relies on therapeutic drugs, reward and punishment, and especially counseling -- not just of the youngster but of the entire family. The goal is to instill in the children a feeling of self-worth and to teach them discipline and responsibility. Parents, meanwhile, are taught how to provide emotional support, assert authority and set limits...