Word: problem
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...have a real problem with gratuitous violence. Video games would be the area that most alarms me. That's one thing that I'm not too keen to have wandering into my house without me really knowing what's going on. My daughter doesn't have a PlayStation at the moment. She is desperate for one. Particularly with younger children, I don't like the idea that they're going to be blowing people up, these little humanoids on the screen, with no thought of what this really means. And doing that for points. I think there is a vast...
...Stover took her daughter Karen to a specialist when the girl began growing pubic hair at age 5. The doctor put Karen through a battery of blood tests to rule out ovarian tumors (which can force glands to churn out puberty-triggering hormones). But there was no apparent medical problem, and by age 8, Karen had full pubic growth. "We didn't allow her to go to any slumber parties," says Stover. "Or to change bathing suits in front of other children...
...Public Health, published her famous paper in the journal Pediatrics. Herman-Giddens noticed in her clinical work that more and more young girls were coming in with breasts and pubic hair. Intrigued, she launched a major study of 17,000 girls to get a statistical handle on the problem...
...nine-year-old having a period, and we are going to proceed accordingly.'" That means clothing, books and music appropriate to a girl's chronological age, not her physical age. It also means having her hang out with her family, where peer pressure to act sophisticated isn't a problem. "One of the best things for a nine-year-old," says Pipher, "is having her spend a lot of time with grandparents, cousins and so on--people who value her for something besides how sexy and popular...
...Another problem: you or your parents may have already hit the age that requires you to start taking IRA benefits, which is generally April 1 of the year following the year you turn 70 1/2. Right now, if you missed the deadline, you're out of luck. But there's legislation working its way through Congress that would give everyone a chance to start anew. If enacted, the fresh-start rule would go into effect...