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BURNED OUT AND BORED
Newsweek
Each summer, no matter how pressing my work schedule, I take off one day exclusively for my son. We call it dad-son day. This year our third stop was the amusement park, where he discovered (at the age of 9) that he was tall enough to ride one of the fastest roller coasters in the world. We blasted through face-stretching turns and loops for 90 seconds. Then, as we stepped off the ride, he shrugged and, in a distressingly calm voice, remarked that it was not as exciting as other rides he'd been on. As I listened, I began to sense something seriously out of balance....
[In] school ... kids [are] navigating ever more densely packed schedules. The morning rush to make the schoolbus is matched by a rapid shuttle through after-school sports, piano, foreign language programs and social activities. Dinner is, too often, a series of snacks eaten on the run. Then, if they manage to get their homework done, the kids want to "relax" in front of highly arousing images on the television or computer screen....

June 22, 1998 issue
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To Our Readers
William E. Moody
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Lacy Bell Richter, Richard P. Schneider, Anne Jesper
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items of interest
with contributions from Ron Sellers
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Thrill seeking in everyday life
By Carol R. Panerio
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BURNED OUT AND BORED
Ronald Dahl
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Beauty all around, on the way to healing
By Catharine S. Brant
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Stop stress now
By Lacy Bell Richter
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I kept replaying the movie in my mind
By Beverly Goldsmith
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Are you really aging?
By Sondra Toner
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Heal the broken heart
By Lyle R. Young
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HEALING GRIEF
Jane K. Mercereau
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"Honor" my parents? Get real!
By Seaward B. Grant
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Love's care
Raymond L. Gentle
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Mother solves financial difficulties
Starr Urbatsch
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Christian Science conquers pain
Margaret W. Ellis
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Disease cured; dental trouble healed
Curtis J. Wahlberg
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Prayer eliminates a painful growth
Shirley Waller
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I couldn't have a better neighbor
By Nancy E. Conwell
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THE BEGINNING OF A FRIENDSHIP
Virginia Houge Stevens
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Needed: parenting—even if you don't have children
Mary Metzner Trammell