Often, more time with parents is best for preschool age children.

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Additionally, Comcast will launch Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic channel for preschool-age children, parents and caregivers.

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Before Tuesday's vote, Mar cited a study released this week by Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, which examined 12 popular restaurant chains and found only 12 out of more than 3, 000 kids' meal combinations met the nutritional guidelines for preschool-age children.

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In North Carolina, Campbell said, kids also got help that extended before and after the typical preschool years of age 3 and 4.

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You see I had become a child advocate and I was learning more an more about the issues in child care and I realized that we could operate quality child care centers and provide services to children age 6 weeks through preschool sustainably and I knew I had to stand up and do this for working moms.

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Kids who went to preschool in the mid-'60s were less likely to have been arrested several times by age 40, were more likely to have graduated from high school and were likely to earn more than non-pre-K kids studied.

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