11.   Some experts have proposed that a combination of education and good eating habits, encouragement to exercise and programs to discourage children from watching television would make a difference.

12.   Starting with the schools, they encourage new arrivals to resist Americanization and even discourage children from learning English well enough to succeed in their new country.

13.   The elder Duran discourages his children from boxing, just as many others discourage him from continuing to fight.

14.   The department also has a gang unit, a community policing program and school programs intended to discourage children from using illegal drugs.

15.   The key is to install user-friendly devices that are quick and easy for adults to turn on, take off and otherwise manipulate yet discourage children from even trying.

16.   The groups said Tuesday that even though they strongly discouraged children from soliciting door to door, they had not forbidden it.

17.   The states also want the tobacco companies to spend billions of dollars on television advertising to discourage children from smoking.

18.   While Disney and Bonus.com discourage children from wandering into the Web, other sites hope to control their explorations by guiding them through it.

19.   Why say anything that could discourage the children, parents and teachers who so desperately need encouragement?

20.   Abu Hein said parents should try to discourage their children from violent games, but acknowledged it was next to impossible in the current climate.