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During an exhibition game between the Little Leaguers and a squad of parents, Sarah looked like she was going to be forced out at second. But her slide into second base was so vicious that the parent playing second dropped the ball and fell to the ground writhing in pain. X-rays later confirmed it. Sarah had broken his leg in two places...
...important to explain the values underlying legislation, for our collective goals depend on our behavior as individuals. When Clinton spoke about welfare reform last month, he discussed the importance of the stable two-parent family. Though some snickered at the President's apparent hypocrisy, Clinton's statements were justified. For people caught in the cultural and economic web of poverty, our public policies need to promote the kinds of behavior that will allow them to pull themselves out. Clinton was brave to talk about the values underlying his recent welfare reform legislation not only because of his own imperfections...
Social scientists, however, advise against hysteria. "While this kind of incident is every parent's worst nightmare, like most nightmares it's not likely to happen," says Steven Nagler of the Yale Child Studies Center. Adds Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC): "There are going to be outrageous acts that even the most cautious of families will not be able to prevent." The specialists stress two things: there is little protection against kidnapper-murderers, but fortunately there are few of them. The vast majority (several hundred thousand a year) of child snatchings...
...need to send the signal that two-parent families are vitally important...
...skyrocketing, and because it is easier to form a consensus about the problem. The rate of gunshot wounds in children under 16 doubled in just three years, between 1987 and 1990. A survey about kids and guns by Harvard's School of Public Health yielded some stunning results. One parent in 6 knew a child who was found playing with a gun that was loaded. One in 7 knew a child who was wounded or killed by an adult with...