This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows a gesturing child. Pointing, waving bye-bye and other natural gestures seem to boost toddlers’ budding vocabulary. Washington?

What else can we do? Identify the behavior, not the child when pointing something out. “I don’t like it when you hit, hitting is not acceptable” instead of “You are bad when you hit.” ...

Probable cause was found this week in the case of an Elkins man accused of pointing a handgun at a 12-year-old child. Eddie ...