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...sound like a reporter the way you do research for these books. What did you do for this one? There was a great deal of legal research involved because it does center around a lawsuit, but I also had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with families that have children who have OI. I would follow these kids around all day. I would go to school with them. I'd go to physical therapy with them. I remember at one home the mom said, "Will you take Matthew out of the car?" I was like, sure...
...There was a lot of wishful thinking that the financial crisis would not extend to the rest of the economy," says Robert Arnott of the investment-strategy firm Research Affiliates. "But that is - and was - naive...
Economist Nouriel Roubini, chairman of New York City - based research firm RGE Monitor, earned the nickname "Dr. Doom" by warning as early as 2005 that America's speculative housing boom could trigger an economic crisis. At the time, he was dismissed by many as a perpetual pessimist. Today, he's a sought-after analyst and a popular guest on financial-news programs and websites - and he's as gloomy as ever. Over breakfast in Hong Kong recently, the New York University professor talked with TIME's Michael Schuman about the perils that lie ahead if governments do not do more...
...Marie Evans Schmidt, a research associate at the Center on Media & Child Health at Children's Hospital Boston, studied more than 800 youngsters from birth to 3 years, recording the time they spent watching television or DVDs as reported by their mothers, as well as their performance on language and motor-skill tests. On average, the babies spent 1.2 hr. per day watching TV during their first two years of life, slightly less than the average viewing time reported in previous studies...
...current study did not investigate these home factors, but other research has suggested that mothers with lower education and income tend not to read to their babies as much as better-educated moms and that their vocabulary and grammar skills may be more limited, leading to insufficient verbal interaction with their children. Mothers with less education also tend to talk to their children less overall; women with more education are more likely to elaborate details and tell stories to their kids, even about ordinary events and concepts. And studies suggest that parents' talking and gesturing frequently to their babies early...