Parental guidance urged after gaming linked misbehavior
The American Journal of Diseases of Children reports a Burlington Mass six year old boy nearly interrupted nature due to video game immersion. Advice to parents emphasizes safer furniture placement and childproofing. Cornell Cooperative Extension offers two parenting courses in October with fees and registration details.
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American Journal of Diseases of Children
American Medical Association
Joseph C. Corkery
Burlington
Mass
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Onondaga County
Cooperative Extension Education Center
W. Genesee St
Military kids affected by images of war
Psychologists report changes in children's play and drawings as families face the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Experts cite fears of parental danger, with children imagining booby traps and distant battles while younger kids become clingy and withdrawn.
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Kuwait
Barry Garfinkel
University of Minnesota
Garfinkel
Naval Reserve
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Gerald P. Koocher
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Let parents fight their own wars Ear Ann Landers
A reader shares family strife from a 43 year marriage ending in bitter divorce battles over property. The writer urges Corpus Christi to move on, praises a steady rate model stance, and notes the dangers of electrocution from baths. A Consumer Product Safety Commission member promotes GFCI devices to prevent hair dryer incidents in bathrooms.
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U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
Pediatrics For Parents
Ear Ann Landers
Corpus Christi
Ann Landers
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jacqueline Jones-Smith
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commssion
Washington, D.C
Vonnegut Fears Bleak US Future Under Reagan Bush
Kurt Vonnegut warns of a ruined America in his novel Hocus Pocus. He criticizes George Bush as a mediocre mind and calls for restraint amid a political landscape shaped by Reagan era policies. The story follows Eugene Debs Hartke, a Vietnam veteran turned professor, whose life spirals into conflict and imprisonment after a prison breakout at a profit-driven Japanese run facility.
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Kurt Vonnegut
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Vonnegut
Seattle
Putnam
Hocus Pocus
America
Japan
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Vietnam
Indianapolis
Bush
Eugene Debs Hartke
West Point
Hartke
Jesus Christ
Tarkington College
Upstate New York
When to Leave a Crying Child With a Sitter
A Syracuse NY advise column discusses handling tears when parents go out. Psychologist Lee Salk says crying is normal as the child loves the parents and would rather stay home. Tips include a calm goodbye, sitter arrival early, and checking if the pattern signals broader issues.
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Lee Salk
Cornell University Medical College
Super Sitters Inc
Salk
Small Talk
Lifestyle
Herald- Journal
P.O
Syracuse
Notable Americans in a Night of Controversy and Arts
Newsweek notes figures from politics, diplomacy, and culture. McFarlane and Shevardnadze engage in international oil deals while Hart advises a Moscow firm on big telecom ventures. Haldeman backs Moscow office project. Plimpton recounts participatory journalism with the New York Philharmonic ending in a dramatic gong blast after a feared misstep.
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America
U.S
Newsweek
Robert McFarlane
Hart
Eduard Shevardnadze
Gary Hart
Donna Rice
U.S. West
Moscow
H.R. Haldeman
George Plimpton
New York Philharmonic
Plimpton
Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein
Vanity License Plates Named After Celeb Projects
Self magazine lists Hollywood vanity plates such as Kevin Costner’s TIG Productions named for his grandmother, Tom Hanks' Clavius Base from 2001, Michael Keaton’s 6 to 4 to 3, Molly Ringwald’s Kelbeth Productions, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, Sigourney Weaver’s Goat Day Productions, and Diane Keaton’s Zzyzx Films.
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Hollywood
Self
Kevin Costner
TIG Productions
Tom Hanks
Clavius
Michael Keaton
Molly Ringwald
Kelbeth Productions
Kelly
Beth
Steven Spielberg
Amblin Entertainment
Amblin
Sigourney ‘Weaver
Goat Day Productions
Diane Keaton
Zzyzx Films
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Science
Ture
Cornel Cooperative Extension
Milton Schwebel
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Antoinette Saunders
Evanston
Iil
The
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Corpus Chris
D.C
le Phalo
Costner
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