European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Body image and behaviour teasing children about their looks is no joke by Sandra Blakeslee the new York times girl is teased for doing fat. A boy with protruding ears is called t Quot Dumbo Quot a a an adolescent girl is ashamed of her Flat Chest a Joe Mage boy is Laun led for his underdeveloped Muscles most people who Are teased for looking Quot different Quot in childhood and adolescence manage to ignore it Bui Many Young people cannot new research shows negative body images take Root in their minds and even years later they see themselves As their tormentors did in childhood Quot we always knew body image could influence behaviour Quot said or. Thomas e. Cash a professor of psychology Al old Dominion University in Norfolk and a leading expert on body images. Quot but in is surprising to see How lasting the images can by studying body images that endure he said researchers Are gaining insights into personality. Development eating disorders motives for plastic surgery and the cultural standards of physical attractiveness Tor american men and women readers action line unmarried parents and child support a i have a problem with finance concerning child support Here s my situation my Girlfriend Active duty air Force and i Are the proud parents of a baby girl born May 28. My Girlfriend was authorized single Rale bag Basic allowance for quarters on March 1 because of her pregnancy i was advised that since we Are not married once the child was born i would be Able to receive dependent rate bag to be used As child support. When the child was born my Girlfriend and i went to finance with the child s birth certificate to Start my bag for child support finance told us i needed a Legal document saying i claimed the child As mine and that i would pay child support we went to Legal and the judge advocate typed up a letter that i could use to claim the child As mine and stated i would pay child support i took the signed document to Linance to Start the bag they said that the document would not do and that we needed a court order from a Gorman court to Stait my bag for child support since Lam willing to pay child support Why should my Girlfriend have to Lake me to court to gel a court Nidor Why can t the document from the judge advocate suffice7 we live together and Are not planning to Many we am not Money hungry we Only want what is Best Tot our daughter we have no arguments whatsoever about custody or support for the child so Why should my Girlfriend have to take me to court7 airman 1st class Cory 0. Bower Hahn a Germany senior master sgt. . Griffis jr., systems analyst pcs comptroller he Safe replies we appreciate the Opportunity to respond to you the researchers Are also developing effective treatments to overcome negative body images said or Thomas Pruzinsky an assistant professor of plastic surgery and behavioural Medicine at the University of Virginia school of Medicine in Charlottesville. He and Cash have edited a collection of findings on the problem body images Guilford press 1990. Body image is subjective and intertwined with feelings about the self Cash said adding Quot Beauty is no guarantee of a positive body image nor is comeliness a decree for there Are Clear social standards for physical attractiveness that help shape Peoples ideas about their body images Cash said. Quot the social world clearly discriminates especially against unattractive people Quot he said. In general the american Standard dictates that people should have regular features women should be thin but full breasted and men should be muscular and have a full Fread Thair said or april Fallon an assistant professor of psychology at the medical College of Pennsylvania Cash said such definitions of attractiveness Are quickly absorbed by very Young children. When children do not conform to these standards they May be teased. The psychological effects of this teasing have been underestimated said j. Kevin Thompson a psychology professor Al the University of South Florida in Tampa he found Long lasting effects Are most common among people who were teased Between the Ages of 8 and 16. When they grow up he said these people have higher Levels of dissatisfaction with their bodies. And the More they were teased he said the greater their sense of distortion of their own body the greater their loss of self esteem and the deeper their depression. These disturbances in thinking Are highly correlated with eating disorders Thompson said suggesting that frequent teasing could play a role in anorexia and bulimia. When children Are teased or criticized by parents older siblings teachers coaches or other significant people in their lives the effects Are particularly powerful he said. The upshot Cash said is that Quot some children become intensely self conscious about their defect. People who Are self conscious about some aspect of their appearance Are More Likely to interpret a slight in terms of it he said or Robert Cleck. A psychologist at Dartmouth College has devised an Experiment that illustrates How body image affects How people think. Using theatrical makeup researchers fashioned a scar on female subjects before their interaction with a stranger hired for the Experiment. Unbeknown to the women the scar was removed before the face to face conversation with the stranger nevertheless the women said the stranger had stared at the scar and made them uncomfortable negative body images carried Tanto adulthood Are a major component of eating disorders said or. James c Rosen a psychology professor Al the University of Vermont in Burlington _ for a variety of reasons he said women with Low self esteem Latch onto weight loss As a Way to feel Good and counteract the negative body image acquired in childhood. In so doing Rosen said they destroy their bodies through starvation bringing on anorexia and through Binge eating and purging the characteristics of bulimia negative body images Are also a driving Force behind the huge popularity of cosmetic surgery Pruzinsky said. In 1988, More than 680,000 aesthetic procedures were performed by surgeons belonging to the american society for plastic and reconstructive surgery tens of thousands More of these operations were done by other specialists he said. The society estimates that 10,000 women a month Are having their breasts enlarged with silicone implants Quot patients undergoing cosmetic surgery Are strongly motivated to reduce Selt consciousness Quot Pruzinsky said Quot in the majority of cases it works.�?T1 people report feeling More Seu Esthern he said and begin to think walk and talk differently. Readers question concerning the dependency determination process service members May apply for and receive Basic allowance for quarters bad on behalf of unmarried illegitimate children under age 21, subject to re certification or redetermination requirements the Only documentation required to apply for bad is an of form 1865. Dependency statement a child born out of Wedlock under age 21 and the birth certificate of the child. Copies of court orders that decree paternity or dictate support of both Are submitted by the member Only Quot when the documents Are issued. When both parents Are members of the armed forces the Parent having physical custody of the child is the Only one authorized bad on behalf of that child. The dependency determination process is often Complex and is Ever changing. We re sorry for the confusion you ran into at finance and we will Send clarifying guidance to All our accounting and finance offices. Electronic devices on Mac flights it during desert storm. Mac military Al Rill come and the civilian airlines were prohibiting carrying on Small electronic devices does Mac still have this restriction7 what about civilian carriers7 with literally thousands of us returning to the slates Over the next several months it would be appreciated it Mac would relax these restrictions. Capt. Denis t. Sconzo Hahn a Germany a it. Col. Thomas j. Nett 435th Aerial port so operations officer replies thank you for the Opportunity to clarify Mac s position concerning taking Small electronic devices on both military and commercial Mac operated missions. The military Airlift come has not prohibited the carrying of Small electronic devices on Mac contracted commercial missions. However Small electronic devices such As Walkman and calculators Are restricted on military aircraft c-130s, c-141s, c-5s, Etc. These devices May Only be operated at cruise Altitude and not during climb descent or ground operations. Items such As camcorders and Lap top computers Are normally not operated on military aircraft unless specifically approved by the aeronautical system div at Wright Patterson fab Ohio this approval must be in writing and verified by a passenger service representative prior to use. The restrictions that you Are referring to did exist on non Mac contracted commercial aircraft. We Are unable to comment if those restrictions Are still in effect and request that you Contact the individual airlines to determine what unique restrictions that they May have we Hope this response has been helpful to you. Delta airlines no longer restricts devices when boarding its flights. Pan am however will not allow such devices on Board unless they have passed a Security Check. Passengers will be asked to play the device or show How it operates a editor to write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes. Apo 09211-4211. 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