Article: Las Vegas Does Some Serious Kidding

LAS VEGAS Before he could persuade his wife to bring their two children to Las Vegas for vacation, Dr. David Lawhorn, who had visited many times on his own, had to do a hard sell.

"She was real skeptical," acknowledges the Little Rock, Ark., physician whose wife, Stephanie, also a doctor, had never visited Las Vegas. Their trip, he reports, was a resounding success - in no small part because of the Hilton Hotel's Youth Hotel, a child-care program available to guests that also offers overnight stays. Six-year-old Susan Lawhorn enjoyed herself immensely.

"Most people think of Las Vegas as all adult entertainment," says David Lawhorn. "But there's a lot more than gambling here - a lot more ...

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