04.26.2008
Topics: alcohol, politics, television, terrorism
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Richard writes about TV and kids at Casting Stones:
“Studies show that the mere presence of a television in a child’s bedroom increased average viewing time from 21 to 30 hours weekly. In 2002 the journal Pediatrics reported that preschool children with TVs in their bedrooms were more prone to be overweight and in 2007 the journal Obesity confirmed those results. Other studies show that students with bedroom TVs perform more poorly in school and read significantly less than children not “blessed” with the presence of a TV in their bedroom…”
Has Jimmy Carter “jumped the shark”?
- The Damage of Jimmy Carter - Zuckerman
Alcohol damages young brains more
- If You Party, Teens, Plan to Pay Later - by Nancy Shute, U.S News & World Report, April 19, 2008 (Apologies: Link may be broken.)
- Transitions Into Underage and Problem Drinking: Developmental Processes and Mechanisms Between 10 and 15 Years of Age - Pediatrics
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