Test Your Child's Attention Span With `Asian Folk Tales'

From: AsianWeek | Date: January 20, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Nina Chen
AsianWeek
01-20-1995
Test Your Child's Attention Span With 'Asian Folk Tales'.

By Nina Chen

With all the junk on TV these days -- from cartoons with squealy-voiced characters to images glamorizing sex and violence -- parents are left with the quandary of "How do we entertain the kiddies while positively affecting their mental growth?" This is the dilemma that two mothers, Dianne Fukami and gayle k. yamada, decided to tackle with their new production company, Bridge Media Inc.

Fukami and yamada's self-imposed task of trying to provide quality entertainment for the entire family is not ...

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