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HOME & FAMILY Your Questions - Some Answersby Masha Wolf Our child therapist, Masha Wolf, M.A., has been appearing in our section for the past half year, during the course of which people have directed their questions to her. Her answers should provide basic, practical, concrete help to any young mother.
Holding the Child Have you ever looked into a mirror long enough to see your
soul, to forget who you are? To transcend the physical?
A required exercise before reading the following poem from a
soon-to-be- released volume of poems and essays by VARDA
BRANFMAN, "I REMEMBERED IN THE NIGHT YOUR NAME." Presented
in free verse, as it was written.
Lazy Children "Checking the crazy ones, coaxing uneasy ones
Lifting the lazy ones on with the stick..." (O' Flynn)
Our lecturers at college always stressed, "Never tell a
parent that a child is stupid." You can say he's lazy, but
never say he is stupid.
On Line I have so many pet peeves that I am beginning to think that I should open up a pet store or maybe move to a farm. But there are just so many "little things . . ."
Driving Lesson I think it's true that the world -- including my home -- largely consists of average, normal, try-to-get-through-the- day without-messing-up-too-much type people. We each have different tools, or use the same tools in different ways, but undeniably, we're all trying hard to be good.
Your Medical Questions Answered! Asthma is one of the most common reasons for problems in the lungs and is one of the diseases that we call reactive airway disease. In asthma, the breathing tubes spasm, fill with mucus and debris and they trap air. Asthmatics have a characteristic wheeze. Asthma is treatable, but it can kill.
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