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Only child concerns mom; TV LISTINGS dad worries about daughter sponsored by the Dear Dr. Brothers: Our son, now 14, is an only child, and he has four adoring grandparents. He also hap- COLBY FREE PRESS pens to be the only grandchild they Dr. Joyce Brothers have, so you can imagine the kind of attention he gets. Ask Dr. Brothers We’ve wanted him to be self-con- • fident, but lately I’m beginning to WEEKDAYS JUNE 5 - JUNE 11 wonder if there is such a thing as having too much self-esteem. since her graduation from college. bought a beautiful house for them 6 AM 6:30 7 AM 7:30 8 AM 8:30 9 AM 9:30 10 AM 10:30 11 AM 11:30 He’s been labeled the “wonder The job is great, and my husband’s in the country. KLBY/ABC Good Morning Good Morning America Martha The View Million- News boy,” and his expectations for huge thrilled and a bit surprised that she I did this because I’m doing so H h Kansas aire KSNK/NBC News Cont’d Today Live With Regis Paid Paid success are limitless. landed it so soon. much better financially and felt that L j and Kelly Program Program My husband keeps saying, “Be Although her school credentials my wife no longer had to work and KBSL/CBS News Cont’d News The Early Show The 700 Club The Price Is Right The Young and the glad,” and that part of my anxiety couldn’t be better, her father is wor- that our 13-year-old son, now in 1< NX Restless K15CG Busi- Body Curious Clifford- Dragon Big Big Beren. Lions Sesame Street Teletub- Barney- about his ego and expectations is ried that she’s too aggressive and middle school, would profit from d ness Electric George Red Tales World Bears bies Friends due to the fact that we couldn’t have too pushy for her own good, espe- the move from the city. Unlike in the ESPN SportsCenter SportsCenter Sports- Varied SportsCenter SportsCenter Varied Programs a brother or sister for him and my cially because she’s in an all-male city, where so many of the kids in O_ Center his school were too poor, these kids USA JAG JAG Walker, Texas Walker, Texas Walker, Texas Movie guilt about this. — H.M. environment and she’s making P^ Ranger Ranger Ranger are spoiled and too rich. I’m wor- Dear H.M.: Only children have more money than a lot of the guys TBS Saved Saved Saved Saved Dawson’s Creek Movie News- Cosby many advantages in life, and par- are. I agree with him, even though I ried about the girls in his class, who P_ by Bell by Bell by Bell by Bell Radio Show ents often worry needlessly about love my daughter. We both just want look and dress as if they are much WGN Chang- Believer Hillbil- Hillbil- Matlock Magnum, P.I. Homicide: Life on Da Vinci’s Inquest older. In addition to my concerns Pa ing Voice lies lies the Street the old myth that an only child is her to be happy and not lose this job. TNT Angel Charmed Charmed ER ER Judging Amy automatically a spoiled child, or — G.R. about that, I think and am practi- QW is deprived. One reason may be Dear G.R.: First of all, before cally sure that my wife is contem- DSC Paid Life Joyce Paid How It’s How It’s Deadliest Catch MythBusters How It’s How It’s because most youngsters now you say anything to her about plating having an affair. I’m frantic; QY Program Today Meyer Program Made Made Made Made A&E The District 24 Varied Crossing Varied City Varied Amer. Varied Cold Varied start preschool experiences — your concerns, take the time to everything seems to be a mess. — Q^ Jordan Justice Case where they meet and play with ask yourselves exactly how W.C. HIST Varied Programs others their age and learn social you’re defining that word “ag- Dear W.C.: If possible, you Q_ NICK OddPar- Hidden Spon- Spon- Dora the Go Blue’s Backyar- Wonder Dora the Go Blue’s skills — earlier than they did in gressive.” The best way to do this, might save your family and your Rl ents Temple geBob geBob Explorer Diego Clues digans Pets Explorer Diego Clues the past. to learn if you’re correct or per- own health if you could take a few DISN The Higgly- Ein- Mickey Handy Charlie Zack & That’s- Hannah Boy Mts. Phil of Cory in In answer to your question re- haps being biased, is to ask your- days off — time to be with your R] Wiggles town steins Mouse Manny & Lola Cody Raven Montana World Future House FAM Family Family Boy Mts. Boy Mts. Home Living The 700 Club Gilmore Girls Full Full garding too much self-esteem, the selves if you’d feel the same way wife and your son, get some extra R_ Matters Matters World World Videos the Life House House answer is yes. A child with too if she were a son instead of a sleep, relax and try to figure out HALL New Morning Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Little House on the Little House on the Touched by an SW Prairie Prairie Angel much not only can be obnoxious, daughter. While it’s true that ag- if you’ve been overreacting and but he’s apt to have fewer friends, gression is accepted and tolerated have lost perspective. and his social relationships more in a male than in a female, While you may be pressured — throughout life often will suffer. this attitude is changing. doing too much at your place of This may hit him hard when he Despite this, it’s important for business, never having enough finds stiffer competition in college both sexes to recognize that there time — the opposite may be hap- WEEKDAYS JUNE 5 - JUNE 11 and discovers that there are other is a great difference between be- pening with them. I say this quite equally gifted youngsters. When ing aggressive and being asser- seriously. Boredom is a frequent 12 PM 12:30 1 PM 1:30 2 PM 2:30 3 PM 3:30 4 PM 4:30 5 PM 5:30 expectations are too high, or are tive, and whether in the work- problem for young adolescents KLBY/ABC All My Children One Life to Live General Hospital Million- Judge News Judge News ABC Wld unrealistic for some reason, un- place or in the home, we’d all do and for wives in the suburbs, and H h aire Judy Judy News KSNK/NBC News Extra Days of our Lives Passions The Ellen Jeop- Jeop- News NBC happiness, depression, with- better if we were aware of the dif- they’re often unaware of the L j DeGeneres Show ardy! ardy! News drawal, ceasing to try and drop- ferences. Both words involve a cause behind their restlessness. KBSL/CBS News Bold, As the World Turns Guiding Light Dr. Phil Oprah Winfrey News Evening ping out can result. person getting what he or she Your wife may need extra intel- 1< NX Beautiful News lectual stimulation; she may be K15CG Reading Caillou Varied Programs Curious Cyber- Arthur Maya & Fetch! Cliff Pup Busi- * * * wants. d Rainbow George chase Miguel With ness lonely and simply not have Dear Dr. Brothers: Both my hus- * * * ESPN Varied Programs 1st and Outside- NFL Live Rome- Around Interrup- SportsCenter band and I are concerned about our Dear Dr. Brothers: My family enough to keep her busy. O_ 10 Lines Burning the Horn tion daughter’s success at her first job seems to be falling apart since I (c) King Features Syndicate USA Movie Varied Programs P^ Cont’d TBS Steve Steve Fresh Fresh Home Home Yes, Yes, King of King of Seinfeld Seinfeld P_ Harvey Harvey Prince Prince Improve. Improve. Dear Dear Queens Queens WGN WGN News at Noon The Greg Behrendt America’s Funniest Cosby Cosby Moesha Home Home Funniest Electric costs come with emissions price Pa Show Home Videos Show Show Improve. Improve. Pets TNT Judging Amy Law & Order Law & Order Charmed Charmed Varied Programs TOPEKA (AP) — A kilowatt- QW hour of electricity generated in DSC Varied Programs Deadliest Catch MythBusters Cash Cash How It’s How It’s Kansas costs significantly less than QY Cab Cab Made Made A&E Varied Programs 24 Varied Crossing Varied City Varied Amer. Varied Cold Varied the national average but contributes Up until recently, Kansas electricity Q^ Jordan Justice Case much more to global warming than HIST Modern Marvels Varied Programs power generated in most other has been considered inexpensive because Q_ NICK Backyar- Varied Programs Spon- Drake & Ned’s OddPar- states. “we only considered its cost in terms of fuel, Rl digans geBob Josh School ents It shouldn’t be a surprise that DISN Movie Varied Programs those two facts are connected. generation, and transmission.” R] FAM Family Family Step by Step by Full Full Sabrina- Sabrina- Gilmore Girls 7th Heaven Three-fourths of the electricity Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius R_ Matters Matters Step Step House House Witch Witch generated in the Sunflower State HALL Matlock Matlock Little House on the Little House on the M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H M*A*S*H SW Prairie Prairie comes from coal-fired plants, and state line. per-capita emissions: Wyoming, coal is the go-to fuel for supplying Last month, she and executives first; North Dakota, second; West electricity around-the-clock be- from six utilities — including Sun- Virginia, third; Kentucky, fourth; cause it’s readily available and flower — announced they had Indiana, sixth, and Utah, ninth. cheap. But Kansas ranks among the agreed on goals to increase the use Some legislators and coal indus- TUESDAY JUNE 5 top 10 states in utilities’ carbon di- of wind energy and promote conser- try officials pin much hope on de- oxide emissions per person. vation programs. veloping technology to capture, 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other But some of those executives said store and reuse carbon dioxide so KLBY/ABC News (N) Enter- George Accord- The 2007 ALMA Awards Celebrating News (N) Nightline Jimmy Kimmel Live officials are caught in a policy di- coal would remain part of any effort that it doesn’t go into the atmo- H h (CC) tainment Lopez ing-Jim Latino artistic achievement. (N) (CC) (CC) (N) (CC) (N) (CC) lemma created by those facts. to meet future power needs. Earl sphere. Some environmentalists KSNK/NBC News (N) Wheel of Deal or No Deal America’s Got Talent (Season Premiere) News (N) The Tonight Show Late L j Fortune (iTV) (N) (CC) Contestants audition for the judges. (CC) With Jay Leno (CC) Night Cheap electricity is undoubtedly Watkins Jr., Sunflower’s chief ex- don’t see the technology develop- KBSL/CBS News (N) Inside NCIS Smoked (CC) The Unit The Broom 48 Hours Mystery News (N) Late Show With Late popular and raising its cost could ecutive, said the new coal plants ing quickly enough to combat the 1< NX (CC) Edition Cupboard (CC) (CC) (CC) David Letterman Late hurt the economy. But carbon diox- would lead to new transmission immediate threat they see in global K15CG The NewsHour Brenda Watson’s H.O.P.E. Donovan Concert: Live in L.A. BBC Summer Charlie Rose (N) ide, its link to global warming and lines, which in turn would create a warming. d With Jim Lehrer (N) Formula (CC) World Wine (CC) ESPN Sports- NFL Live U.S. Poker U.S. Poker Baseball Tonight SportsCenter (Live) Fast- Baseball the possible consequences of cli- way of delivering wind-generated But environmentalists also sug- O_ Center (Live) Championship (CC) Championship (CC) (Live) (CC) break Tonight mate change are getting more atten- power. gest a way out of the energy bind — USA Law & Order: Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU tion in Kansas. And Senate Utilities Committee conservation. P^ Criminal Intent “Up until recently, Kansas elec- TBS Ray- Ray- Ray- Ray- Sex and Sex and Friends Friends Sex and Sex and Movie: Remember Chairman Jay Emler, R-Lindsborg Generally, legislators seem to P_ mond mond mond mond the City the City (CC) (CC) the City the City the Titans (2000) tricity has been considered inex- said when it comes to meeting fu- assume that demands for power will WGN America’s Funniest MLB Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers. Miller Park. WGN Scrubs Scrubs Becker pensive because we only consid- ture demand, “We can’t do it all with increase as Kansans put the latest Pa Home Videos (CC) (Live) (CC) News (CC) (CC) (CC) ered its cost in terms of fuel, genera- wind.” TNT Without a Trace Without a Trace The Closer The The Closer LA Without a Trace Law & Order A computers, big-screen televisions QW Thou Shalt Not... Light Years (CC) Butler Did It (CC) Woman (CC) Sons and Daughters Losing Season tion, and transmission,” Sebelius An analysis of federal energy and cool gadgets in their homes. DSC Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch Deadliest Catch (N) After the Catch MythBusters Diet Deadliest Catch said in a statement last week. data suggests some correlation be- After all, Kansas’ net generation of QY Caught in the Storm Crossing the Line Man vs. Nature (N) Coke and Mentos Crossing the Line She added: “But we now under- tween high reliance on coal and power increased 34 percent from A&E Bounty Bounty Bounty Bounty Bounty Bounty Criss Angel Criss Criss Bounty Bounty stand that the ‘costs’ of energy in- relatively low electric costs per Q^ Hunter Hunter Hunter Hunter Hunter Hunter Mindfreak (N) (CC) Angel Angel Hunter Hunter 1990 to 2005. HIST Modern Marvels Star Wars Tech Six The Universe Mars The Universe The Perfect Crimes? Star Wars Tech Six clude environmental damage and kilowatt-hour. But California generated less to- Q_ Bricks (CC) films. (CC) (N) (CC) sun. (CC) (CC) films. (CC) health hazards for our citizens. Kansas’ average cost in 2005 was tal megawatt-hours of electricity in NICK OddPar- Jimmy Spon- Drake & Home Full Fresh Fresh Rose- Rose- Cosby Cosby Frankly, those costs are very hard to 6.55 cents per kilowatt-hour, the Rl ents Neutron geBob Josh Videos House Prince Prince anne anne Show Show 2005 than it did in 2000. Vermont’s DISN Hannah Suite Movie: Motocrossed (2001, Adventure) That’s- Life With Suite Hannah Replace- Kim quantify in terms of dollars and 15th lowest in the nation and almost figures have seen peaks and valleys R] Montana Life Alana Austin, Mary-Margaret Humes. (CC) Raven Derek Life Montana ments Possible cents, but we know they are signifi- 20 percent lower than the national from 1990 to 2005. FAM Smallville Covenant Movie: One Fine Day TTZ (1996, Whose Whose The 700 Club (CC) Falcon Beach (CC) cant.” average of 8.14 cents, according to R_ (CC) Romance-Comedy) Michelle Pfeiffer. Line? Line? Sebelius acknowledged, “We HALL Walker, Texas Walker, Texas Movie: Annie’s Point (2005) A widow and Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Kansas is at the center of a na- the federal Energy Information have to address the energy issue SW Ranger (CC) Ranger (CC) her granddaughter journey cross-country. (CC) School for Scandal tional debate over global warming Administration. from both a supply and demand because of plans by Hays-based Half of the 14 states with lower point of view.” Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to costs than Kansas obtained 85 per- Until now, Kansans haven’t had build two or three new coal-fired cent or more of their power from as much incentive as Californians WEDNESDAY JUNE 6 plants next to one it operates outside coal-fired plants. Kentucky had the and Vermonters to conserve elec- Holcomb in southwest Kansas. lowest cost, 5.01 cents per kilowatt- tricity because it’s been relatively Sunflower is seeking the necessary hour, and obtained 91 percent of its cheap. Now, with more attention 6 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 air-quality permit for two of them power from coal. focused on global warming, some KLBY/ABC News (N) Enter- Next Best Thing American Inventor Traveler New Haven News (N) Nightline Jimmy Kimmel Live from the state Department of Health Four other states relied most H h (CC) tainment (Season Premiere) (N) (CC) (CC) (N) (CC) (N) (CC) appear to be pondering more than KSNK/NBC News (N) Wheel of NHL Hockey: Stanley Cup Final Game 5 -- Ottawa Senators at News (N) The Tonight Show Late and Environment. heavily on coal but had singificant the kilowatt-hour charge. L j Fortune Anaheim Ducks. If necessary. From Honda Center. (Live) (CC) With Jay Leno (CC) Night Sunflower has said the technol- contributions from nuclear plants. Editor’s note: Political Writer KBSL/CBS News (N) Inside King of King of Criminal Minds The CSI: NY Hung Out to News (N) Late Show With Late 1< NX (CC) Edition Queens Queens Big Game (CC) Dry (CC) (CC) David Letterman Late ogy it will use will prevent the new The remaining three — Idaho, Or- John Hanna has covered state gov- K15CG The NewsHour Secrets of the Dead Great Performances (N) (CC) Encore! BBC As Time Charlie Rose (N) plants from increasing pollution egon and Washington — received ernment and politics since 1987. d With Jim Lehrer (N) Gangland Graveyard With World Goes By (CC) that the state does regulate, such as much of their power from water- ESPN MLB Baseball: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets. Shea Baseball Tonight SportsCenter (Live) Fast- Baseball mercury and sulfur dioxide. The powered turbines. O_ Stadium. (Live) (CC) (Live) (CC) break Tonight USA Law & Order: Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: Law & Order: SVU utility also says it will comply with What’s also significant is that P^ Criminal Intent Criminal Intent whatever regulations on CO2 emis- only one of the 10 states with the TBS Ray- Ray- Ray- Ray- House of House of Ray- Ray- King of King of Movie: Spanglish sions are enacted — though neither highest electric cost per kilowatt- P_ mond mond mond mond Payne Payne mond mond Queens Queens TTT (2004) (CC) the state nor federal government has WGN America’s Funniest Home Home Becker Becker WGN News at Nine Sex and Scrubs Scrubs Becker hour — Massachussetts — gener- Pa Home Videos (CC) Improve. Improve. (CC) (CC) (N) (CC) the City (CC) My Bad (CC) any in effect. ated more than a quarter of its power TNT Law & Order (CC) Law & Order Law & Order The Law & Order Hands Without a Trace A Las Vegas Bold, But the plans still have drawn from coal-fired plants. Six of them QW (DVS) Mammon Sixth Man Free (CC) (DVS) Tree Falls (CC) Beautiful and Blue strong criticism from environmen- also were in the bottom 10 for utili- DSC How It’s How It’s MythBusters MythBusters Cash Cash Dirty Jobs Well MythBusters QY Made Made Human projectiles. Exploding truck-tire. Cab (N) Cab Digger (CC) Human projectiles. talists and the attorneys general of ties’ CO2 emissions per person. 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She has said the state relies 14 tons per person, or 77 percent Rl ents Neutron geBob Josh Videos House Prince Prince anne anne Show Show too heavily on coal-fired plants, but higher than the national average, DISN Hannah Zack & Movie: The Proud Family (2005, Fantasy) That’s- Life With Zack & Hannah Replace- Kim she’s also said it makes little sense which was less than 8 pounds per R] Montana Cody Voices of Kyla Pratt. (CC) Raven Derek Cody Montana ments Possible FAM Smallville Crusade Movie: Ice Princess (2005) A teen chases Whose Whose The 700 Club (CC) Home Home for Kansas to prevent Sunflower or person. R_ (CC) her dream of becoming a figure skater. Line? Line? Videos Videos other utilities from building them, Other cheap-electricity states re- HALL Walker, Texas Walker, Texas Movie: Our House (2006, Drama) Doris Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote SW Ranger Patriot (CC) Ranger Ghost Rider Roberts, Judy Reyes. 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