But I think, you know, the kids eventually might see just I think what I noticed, this family, the children, who are there's two teenage girls and an eight-year-old boy, especially the teenagers, they noticed that their mother was stressed, that she was stressed by this issue.

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And the indications here are not especially encouraging: the average 15-year-old boy spends four times as long playing computer games as reading, and almost half of fathers have ever read to their children, according to a survey published on Wednesday by Waterstone's.

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Newspapers are getting bigger and bigger, especially at the weekends as any newspaper boy or girl will tell you.

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One comment from a boy aboard the bus was especially painful, she said.

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In Boston, the circumstances are especially egregious: Three people, including an 8-year-old boy, died in the twin blasts, more than 260 were injured, and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was later fatally shot.

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"Even though the boy was swimming between the red and yellow flags it's easy for someone, especially a child, to get out of their depth, " said RNLI lifeguard supervisor Adam Pitman.

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That might have frustrated a boy, but a 6-footer will find it a natural fit, especially when compared with the tiny controllers of the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.

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