1.   Parents should avoid hanging a dark cloud by communicating that life is dangerous and that failure is imminent.

2.   Although the laws vary in their details, generally they would allow parents to avoid prosecution for child abandonment if they left their babies in a safe place.

3.   By using distraction, parents can avoid backing a young child into a corner where the only way out is through punishment and tears.

4.   Frazier suggests that parents avoid letting their children watch if Clinton decides to make televised remarks after he testifies before a federal grand jury Monday.

5.   He also suggests that parents avoid overloading children with information.

6.   How do thoughtful parents avoid such slips?

7.   How else can parents avoid holiday toy disappointments?

8.   How do parents avoid coddling such a hard-won child?

9.   In addition to setting limits on software, Sloan says, parents should avoid what he calls an adulatory attitude toward the computer.

10.   In both cases, parents should avoid getting drawn into all the drama.