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December 2008 React
December 2008 React
Kid Power
I have been made to think
I’m irresponsible for
allowing my children, ages
7 to 14, to walk to school,
ride their bikes to tennis
lessons, and stay home
alone for short periods
(Is It Just Me? “Let’s Stop
Scaring Our Kids”). When
will society give its permis-
sion for my children to Hoorah for Lenore Skenazy’s courage.
do things that make them
capable, confident individ-
She recognized her son was mature enough
uals not afraid of their to ride the subway alone. Our children need to
own shadows? be nourished in mind and body, but they don’t
Col l een Da me, Petaluma, California need to be coddled so much that we smother
them. Vicky Mummert, Colorado Springs, Colorado
My two boys, ages 11 and
13, are constantly asking
me for more freedom and inde- sary spending is a smart way to save,
pendence, but I don’t think a parent and he also learned the value of
can be too careful today. No mother service to others. That is exactly the
has ever regretted keeping her way we need to think in order to live
children as safe as possible, but better, happier lives.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANDREW BRUSSO
there are mothers who regret not Lisa Fusco, Stanfordville, New York
keeping them safe enough.
Sharon Nickerson, Deal Detective
Savvy Saver
North Brookfield, Massachusetts
Rx for Change
I’ve Learned”). My mother loved
animals, and our house was a home
for many pets when my brother and
A s a practicing pharmacist for
more than 14 years, I appreci-
ated the information in “Thirteen
I were growing up. Her gift to us Things Your Pharmacist Won’t Tell
was a deep respect for them. Now I You” (The Digest). These items are
think carefully about what I eat, buy, so true, and the list goes on and on.
and support. J ud y Tayl or-Atkinson, Thanks for sharing this.
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada Julie Wil kinson, Alexandria, Louisiana
The Legacy
T hank you for “The
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