Family Issues

New regulations for day-careFAMILY DAY-care providers throughout the state are encouraged to educate themselves about the new regulations and licensing procedures during a series of training sessions being held through Nov. 4. The next sessions are Saturday at the Harford Institute, 2555 Harford Road, and at the Community College of Baltimore. All sessions will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of subsequent sessions, phone the regional office of Child Care Licensing and Regulation, 333-5644.

SINCE HIS election in 1981, Republican Sen. F. Vernon Boozer has been a voice of reason, a leader and a conscientious representative of the 9th Legislative District -- a largely rural area of central Baltimore County. Unfortunately, his moderation has made him the target of Republican ideologues who often influence primary elections.They have an aggressive, intelligent candidate in Andrew P. Harris, a Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist running on a hard-right, social issues platform. Dr. Harris charges that the senator is too liberal, but Mr. Boozer has supported many conservative causes, such as stiff penalties for child pornography and registration of convicted child molesters upon release.

This is an edited excerpt of the last extensive interview conducted with John F. Kennedy Jr. It was published in the March issue of Brill's Content magazine.BRILL: In the current issue [of George magazine] you've got [former] President Reagan on the cover. Is that something where you said, "Let's do that?"KENNEDY: What really happens is, we have meetings with the senior staff and in a kind of Socratic method, we vet the ideas. And the ones that stand up under that scrutiny, and the ones [for]

CHICAGO -- There's a lot of talk these days about corporations finally realizing that they are going to have to help workers balance the demands of home and work.Powering the change in attitude are a shrinking labor force, the continuing influx of women into the paid labor market and the competitive challenges of a global marketplace.There's so much discussion of family benefits that it would be easy to believe that corporate America is rapidly introducing flexible hours, child and elder care, family and medical leave, job-sharing and all the other benefits that make life somewhat easier for employees -- especially women, who have most of the responsibility for the home.

As millions of American parents know by now, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton has a comforting explanation for those moments when a well-adjusted young child suddenly reverts and everything falls apart.Rather than allowing the tantrums and tears to send an entire household into trauma, Dr. Brazelton urges parents to tune in to the child's physical, emotional and mental development. He points to these crises not as failures on the part of a parent or child, but rather as ''touchpoints,'' predictable times in the long journey from utter dependence to self-sufficiency when parents can actually watch a growth spurt begin.

WASHINGTON -- Anticipating strong support from Bill and Hillary Clinton, congressional advocates of family and children's issues said yesterday they expect there will be "a new, family-friendly Washington" in 1993.With Congress convening today, they predicted swift enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act and more money for children's immunizations, the Head Start preschool program and other services."I really think we've got a chance of getting some momentum" and making children "a power issue," declared Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo.

Work and family.Increasingly, the two are interrelated. So much so that a new breed of professional has emerged: work-family managers.You may see a work-family manager at your job soon. Several hundred companies have created such a position in the last two years, according to a recent study by the Conference Board, a New York-based non-profit organization that researches business issues."People want to work in family-friendly companies," says Joy Sheets, work/family vice president at NationsBank in Florida.

Work and family.Increasingly, the two are interrelated. So much so that a new breed of professional has emerged: work-family managers.You may see a work-family manager at your job soon. Several hundred companies have created such a position in the last two years, according to a recent study by the Conference Board, a New York-based non-profit organization that researches business issues. "People want to work in family-friendly companies," says Joy Sheets, work/family vice president at NationsBank in Florida.

With impeccable timing, PBS tonight presents a Frontline documentary that explores the roots of George W. Bush's religious beliefs and how those beliefs have influenced his policies, particularly his decision to wage war in Iraq. Called The Jesus Factor, the program is an incisive report, solidly grounded in the expertise of religious leaders even as it serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of using God to justify the political policies of man. Produced by Raney Aronson, the film is structured as a journey - the spiritual journey of Bush, from his alcoholic early adulthood to his life as an openly religious world leader.

They skipped the ghost stories and old camp songs around the campfire. Instead, the 8-year-old Girl Scouts told tales about their own families as they sat in the deepening twilight."