Kids asked to avoid hospital after virus detected

To help slow the spread of a respiratory virus, children age 12 and under are being asked not to visit Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for the foreseeable future. Children are most susceptible to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which can lead to acute bronchitis and pneumonia. "If a child doesn't need to be here, then they shouldn't come in," said Connie Martin, hospital spokeswoman. She added that children who do need hospital care could be givenmasks to wear for extra protection. RSV, the most common cause of lower respiratory-tract infectionsin children, is often spread by unclean hands. In addition to children, the hospital is also asking adults with a fever, cough or symptomsof upper respiratory infections not to visit, Martin said. Employees will ask visitors with those symptoms to leave. "We're trying to keep a barrier between people who are ill and patients," Martin said. The hospital will inform the public when the visitor restrictions are lifted. Martin said there are usually visitor restrictions each year, and they typically last for a matter of weeks. The virus should ease up as summer nears, she said.

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'Race to Nowhere' spurs parents, kids to reexamine path to success

Maybe kids don't have to take several Advanced Placement classes, do hours of homework every night, excel at a sport or two, join a bunch of clubs, volunteer at the local health clinic -- and then, of course, get into a top university -- to be successful.

Maybe parents and teachers can let students discover what they enjoy and do well, then have them pursue that -- instead of joining a bunch of activities just because they think it will look good on their college applications.

Across the nation, parents, teachers and kids may be ready to embrace the idea that kids can take many paths to success -- if the popularity of the education documentary "Race to Nowhere" is any indication.

"There's a perception that there is a magical path, and there really isn't," said Laurie Lam, a mother of two in Thousand Oaks, Calif., where the film has been shown several times. "Competition is healthy, and hard work is healthy. But we need to think about how we do it."

In the documentary, several students talk about how miserable the pressure to succeed is making them. They talk about headaches, eating disorders, cheating, even suicide. Parents, too, talk about the stress that homework and over-scheduling puts on families.