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Article: CHILD WATCH PUTS A CHILD'S NEEDS FIRST FROM NEW PERSPECTIVE BUSINESS, POLITICAL LEADERS SPEND DAY SEEING CHILD CARE.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 7, 1998
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Byline: ELIZABETH SIMPSON, STAFF WRITER
NORFOLK -- Usually attorney Neil Rose, Virginia Power supervisor Mary Edwards and state Sen. Stanley Walker spend their days among grown-ups negotiating contracts, hammering out policies, or crafting new laws.
Tuesday they poured milk for 5-year-olds, rubbed the backs of toddlers to help them sleep, and chatted with 2-year-olds about the properties of Play Doh.
``You just rip it and roll it,'' 2-year-old Jahvae Giddens told Rose with an air of authority.
Thirty-five business people, politicians and child advocacy leaders spent Tuesday on a ``Child Watch,'' in which they boarded yellow school ...