TASK DEFINITION: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
PROBLEM: Talia and Jim's fear of helping 7-year-old Anselmo with his homework, lest they create a dependent, immature child, is a peculiarly Western-and profoundly American-preoccupation. American middle-class parents typically regard young children as dependent beings who must be urged toward independence.

SOLUTION: American middle-class parents typically regard young children as dependent beings who must be urged toward independence.

PROBLEM: The funds for these scholarships come from concerned neighbors like you who contribute in the YMCA's Invest in Youth Program. Please consider a gift of $25 or more to help insure that a Hamilton County child will be in safe, age appropriate activities before and after school.

SOLUTION: The funds for these scholarships come from concerned neighbors like you who contribute in the YMCA's Invest in Youth Program. Please consider a gift to help insure that a Hamilton County child after school.

PROBLEM: The empirical support for brief interventions is excellent and does not need further conceptual verification. As suggested by the Institute of Medicine, the standards for forming a reasonable consensus leading to a recommendation to provide brief interventions have already been met.

SOLUTION:
The empirical support for brief interventions (BI)is excellent. As suggested by the IM, the standards for forming a reasonable consensus leading to a recommendation to provide BI have already been met.