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"rAniston uNEW YORK (AP) — Tinky this month’s issue of the journal
' r . Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po Pediatrics.
‘ (()Iin i t '' h ave something to say to pediatri- During routine visits, doctors
Hollywood/dans: Back off, docs.
■The distributor of “Teletub-
i G/anf is one:;bfts,” the only television show
des ever made a&ied at children younger than 2,
ehold on ttie-jsays the American Academy of Pe-
ack of subsijjdftries’ advice to keep those
it is a slap ir -youngsters away from the tube is
ire sing-alo:;, un,ea hstic for today’s parents,
after year. H" 11 ' 5 a i 311110 ! 1 malarkey,” said
lepth. mear Kenn Viselman, president of the
ii doesn't i ts V hitsy Entertainment Co.,
which distributes the British series
the best far L
on PBS stations.
protJgonis!,:] j The , « ad emy said research
, n ° , shows babies need direct interac-
tion with parents and other care-
1 J ' giiers for healthy brain growth.
!Ml ' Watching TV may also interfere
atmg arounc interaction that helps devel
op their social, emotional and cog
in Giant n itive skills.
ctrocutton.T*pediatricians should advise par
ents to keep children’s rooms
a giant 1C “electronic media-free,” the acad-
ion theboy: ;emy said in a report published in
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Jackson stranded
in rescue attempt
-Kyi l WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C.
(AP) — On TV or off TV, it is one
cllffhanger after another for
“©awson’s Creek” star Joshua
Jackson.
Jackson, 21, who plays Pacey
t/ rvli Witter on the hit show, had to be
pulled out of Masonboro Inlet by
the Coast Guard Tuesday evening
after he and a friend tried to res
cue two girls stranded near a rock
jetty.
B The pair dived into the ocean
and swam out to help the girls,
but powerful waves swept all
four over the jetty and into the in
let, Coast Guard Petty Officer
Jody Howey said.
B The falling tide prevented them
is w ell as a ! ^ r P m swim ming back to shore.
century Gere®
should begin asking how children
of all ages use TV, videos and com
puters, the report said. It even
urged pediatricians to set an ex
ample by turning off the television
in their waiting rooms.
“I don't think this
takes into account
the way parents
raise their children
anymore."
— Kenn Viselman
itsy bitsy Entertainment Co.
“I don’t think this takes into ac
count the way parents raise their
children anymore,” Viselman said.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Howey said a Coast Guard
boat rescued the four about 7
p.m. There were no injuries.
“Parents use TV in three ways —
as an educator, a treat and a baby
sitter. That’s not going to change,
and this report is not going to
change it.”
“Teletubbies,” which premiered
last year in the United States, fea
tures four colorful characters with
a TV set implanted in their stom
achs.
They use the cooing voices that
toddlers are used to hearing from
adults and constantly ask ques
tions designed to pique the curios
ity of young viewers.
Viselman said there is nothing
wrong with shows like “Teletub
bies” and educational programs.
Parents should instead avoid let
ting their kids watch “The Jerry
Springer Show,” he said.
An expert in children’s TV said
even "Teletubbies” creates prob
lems, claiming that PBS gave some
parents the false feeling that their
children would be missing some
thing important if they did not
watch.
Buckingham Palace, which said the
sons of Prince Charles had been
headed to a private function.
Princes help driver Spielberg honored
to push stalled car for Holocaust work
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LONDON (AP) — A princely
gesture left one Londoner flab
bergasted.
Simon Thompson was trying to
push his stalled BMW off a road
in suburban Chelsea last week
when another driver called out,
“Do you want a hand?”
The car’s back doors flew open
and out jumped Prince William,
17, and Prince Harry, 14. Rolling
up their sleeves, the young
princes helped push the car out
of traffic, then continued on their
way*
The story was confirmed by
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acade
my Award-winner Steven Spiel
berg is being honored for some of
his lesser-known exploits.
The filmmaker will be given the
Smithsonian Associates’ annual
James Smithson Bicentennial
Medal next Wednesday in Wash
ington.
Spielberg was chosen for his
work establishing the Righteous
Persons Foundation, a grant-mak
ing organization dedicated to
strengthening Jewish life, and the
Survivors of the Shoah Visual
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