Given recent events in Colorado, the magazine's article on Internet hate sites seems to be somewhat prescient. Parents have the option of either finding filters to prevent their kids from seeing abhorrent sites or finding sites that offer information on how kids should react to such obscenity. Education has again become a watershed issue in Congress, with both parties duking it out over the best way to make schools more accountable. It costs about twice as much to educate a special needs child in a regular public school than it costs to educate a child without the problem. But parents of the special needs kids are insistent that their kids have the right to an education, and the U.S. Supreme Court has recently sided with them.
Toys is the high-tech replacement for the mash notes kids pass around in class.
Children can have fun and learn at the same time when the family takes a vacation with a historic bent. Among 10 places where the past makes for a pleasurable present are Boston, Savannah, San Antonio and the Gold Rush sites in California. Rome is a kid's paradise for parents with the wherewithal to take their youngsters. Don't underestimate the accomplishment of a baby's first step. Preschool teachers are often masters of the art of disciplining a child.