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Event Date(s): 06/27/1998 | Description: 06:00:00 Weekend Magazine anchored by Stone Phillips. 06:05:07 NBC's Rob Stafford reports with a consumer alert for"Dateline" regarding mosquitoes and El Nino's effect on mosquitoes this summer. Clip from the movie"Mosquito". Video of a family barbecuing in the backyard. Video of children scratching. Video of a person spraying bug spray on his arm. Video of a mosquito zapper. Video of mosquitoes. Etymologist Dr. Jonathan Day comments. Vieo of Gray observing a mosquito. Video of vitamins. Day comments. Video of spicy foods. Day comments. Video of children eating ice cream. Exterior of Day's laboratory at the University of Florida in Tallahassee, Florida. Video of mosquitoes in a container. Video of mosquitoes on Stafford's hand. Video of"Avon" bath oil. Video of"Avon" bug guard. Video of mosquitoes on Stafford's hand while using Bug guard. Video of electronic bug repellent. Video of Stafford using the electronic repellent. Day comments on bug zappers. Video of a family playing baseball in the back yard. Video of bug zapper. Video of bugs killed by bug zapper. Video of Day counting the bugs. Video of zappers being manufactured. Video of Stafford talking to president of the"Stinger" Jim Bulligeorges. Bulligeorges comments. Video of bugs getting zapped. Video of mosquito attractant. Video of attractant on a zapper. Video of a"Stinger" bug zapper. Day comments. Video of a child in the backyard. Video of a person flicking a mosquito. Video of lit candles. Video of children playing baseball. Video of bug repellents. Day comments. Video of Day spraying bug repellant on himself. Video of Day putting his hand in mosquito cage. Video of a man fishing. Video of a child playing on a slide. Video of children playing on a swing. Video of a father and son preparing to go fishing. Day comments. Video of children playing with a duck. Video of children sliding into a pool. Video of a man playing catch. Video of children scratching. Video of a fly swatter. Clip from the movie"Mosquito". 06:19:13 NBC's Bob Mckeown reports"Bringing Up Baby". Mother Debbie Phillips (ph) reads with her four-year-old daughter Catherine Phillips (ph) sitting on a floor. Catherine reads from book. In interview, Debbie says that the more a brain is used the more it will grow. Debbie teaches Catherine geometry lessons. Debbie says she decided to teach her child to read after reading a book on the subject. Catherine reads from a book. Catherine does a crossword puzzle with her mother. Debbie holds up a card with writing teaching Catherine French. During her lesson, Catherine writes out a geometric equation. Debbie holds up a flash card pictures of animals with two-year-old daughter Virginia Phillips (ph). Debbie says her two-year-old daughter will go to the library and pick out things and her four-year-old daughter will tell her things she is interested in and the more they see the more interested they become. Debbie says that it is all about joy. Shot of Virginia smiling seen. In interview, Better Baby Institute's Glenn Doman says a baby would rather learn than eat or anything else in the world. Doman walks outdoors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graphic background with insert graphic of book"How To Teach Your Baby To Read" by author Glenn Doman and inserts graphics of foreign language editions of the book seen. Doman says you can teach a baby absolutely anything that can be presented in an honest and factual way. Woman teaches Doman's four-month-old grandson Noah who is lying on his back on a blanket while the woman holds up and describes flash cards with words and pictures. Doman says they can be taught history or philosophy but can't be expected to prove it until they are old enough to write or talk. Shot of newborn babies in hospital bassinets seen. Bob McKeown reports on camera from hospital nursery viewing room. In interview, psychiatrist Dr. Kyle Pruitt (ph) says that he is concerned that the preoccupation with intellectual development comes at the expense of the development of a full person. Pruitt works with children in at Yale University Child Study Center holding out toys for children to touch. Pruitt says that there is tremendous parental pressure on most day care centers to include academics. Shots of preschool teachers watching and playing with children at the Phylis Bodell Child Care Center (ph) at the Yale University of Medicine seen. Shots of children drawing on chalkboards, working with art supplies, and playing with blocks, dolls and toys seen. Pruitt says that though it may not look like a cirriculum driven setting there is an enormous amount of learning going on. A boy plays with a toy truck full of blocks. A girl plays with plastic clips. Pruitt says to lead the child and enhance what interests them. Adults sit in circle with children at pre-school leading them in a song. Pruitt says that it is hard for parents to stop because they thinks their kids are being lazy. Graphic background with insert graphic"Our Baby" photo album which opens revealing photos of parents holding, playing with and reading to children. Insert photos of parents and children fill the screen. Pruitt says that it is more important than achieving a few extra points on a standardized test score. Debbie Phillips works with daughter Catherine who reads and defines complex words written on flash cards. Doman kisses small child while sitting in park. An infant lies in a crib playing with rattle. Children and teachers are seen at day care center. Doman says that children are the most underestimated creatures in the whole world and they should be taught instead of babied. Doman says all children are born geniuses and people spend the first six years of their lives de-geniusing them. Debbie reads and works with flash cards about rivers with daughter Catherine. Graphic background with insert graphics of study pamphlets and insert boxed excerpts" higher levels of...anxiety" and"less positive attitudes toward school" seen. Pruitt says he can't overemphasize the negative conditioning of teaching a child to read before they care and says it is like trying to teach a pig to sing, it irritates the farmer and upsets the pig. Doman walks in park with young children. Debbie Phillips works with flash cards with young daughter. Phillips says that at this early age they are learning to value the world around them. Phillips' daughter Virginia plays the violin. Shots of infants sleeping seen. Shot of woman holding flash cards over child seen. Children in school work on computer. A child puts math sticker in workbook. A man holds flash cards up to child. Children sit in center of multi-colored sheet being held up and spun by adults walking in circle.