Is There Any Such Thing as a Perfect Childhood?

In the western world, child labor is a thing of the past--or is it? Are American kids being worn out by over-scheduling and a rush toward adulthood? Is it their harried parents who need to kick back, dump their Blackberries and get more time with the family? Also, Japan agrees not to hunt humpback whales, and Christmas in Baghdad will be better than last year but nothing like what it was before the US invasion.

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