Posted on 11/02/2001 9:09:07 AM PST by WillaJohns
The article is topped by a photograph captioned:
Rob Reiner, left, chairman of the California Children and Families Commission, reads a book to children gathered Thursday at a news conference in Los Angeles. The organization announced the launch of a statewide education campaign for parents and caergivers of young children. Actors Andy Garcia, center, and Jamie Lee Curtis, who holds 3-year-old Alondra Juarez, attended the event in support of the effort--Photo: Nick UT/The Associated Press
The article is as follows:
The parents of every child born in California will receive a free, bilingual parenting kit in an unprecedented statewide education campaign funded by a voter-approved tobacco tax.
The effort, spearheaded by movie director Rob Reiner, is believed to be the first in the country, officials of the California Children and Families Commission said Thursday. It is expected to benefit as many as 500,000 babies a year.
Each kit includes a guide containing a list of organizations helpful to new parents, as well as information on such subjects as childproofing a home and finding quality child care.
The kits also include a series of celebrity videos taped in English and Spanish on topics such as child care, safety, nutrition and discipline.
The videos--done by such celebrities as Gloria Estefan, Maria Shriver, Phylicia Rashad, Andy Garcia and Jamie Lee Curtis--are available in English and Spanish.
Garcia, who narrated a Spanish tape on safety, said he was proud to be part of the program.
"What a noble thing to be doing," he said. "If one life is saved, it's worth it."
Reiner who spearheaded the campaign to pass the tobacco tax initiative, said the kits will fill a key need in building a solid future for children.
"We know based on years of reseaarch that the earliest years are the most critical," he said. "We need to get this information to parents and give them the tools that they need."
It is expected to benefit as many as 500,000 babies a year.
No, it's expected to benefit the industry that Rob Reiner works in--full employment for the video companies that produce this tripe, full employment for the video tape manufacturers, yeah, a whole bunch of people will benefit from this campaign, believed to be the first in the nation, and the reason why is it's stupid and no one else has the embecility and shamelessness to attempt something like this.
Note: This article Typed By Hand by me from Today's Newspaper. All typos, if any, my own.
Yeah, I always feel good about myself too when I can take money from other people and spend it on those fortunate enough to have a princely guardian like myself looking out for them. Barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrf!
What if the baby doesn't have a VCR? Are they going to provide something to play the tape on for those babies? What if they only have a DVD player and no VCR?
You have a wonderful way with words. And yes, I fleetingly thought about putting a barf alert on the title, but it doesn't make me want to barf, it makes me want to hurt someone.
Thank you so much for this post. I'm sitting here absolutely furious and you made me laugh! I really needed that.
Looks like even non-English speaking people aren't immune from Hitlery's little "cradle to grave" plan for our Country.
Sally Struthers will do the tape on nutrition.
I have jotted down all Mr. Reiner's words of wisdom on paper to save for future use.
Toilet paper.
I considered adding them to my long list of actors to boycott, but I suppose it'd be easier to just keep a list of stars I can support: Mel Gibson...well, I guess that's it. Hope he comes out w/something new soon.
If the Meathead wants to "do a noble thing" and save one life, he should be heading to the nearest abortion clinic to dissuade one young, pregnant, would-be-murderer.
If the Meathead wants to "do a noble thing" and save one life, he should be heading to the nearest abortion clinic to dissuade one young, pregnant, would-be-murderer.
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