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Parents' signature during the morning rush?

Morning rush hour. Everyone is in a big hurry to get out. "Ima, you have to sign here!" Dvora quickly hands Ima a notebook with her right hand and a pen with the other hand.

Friends?
by Shifra Bergman

Many of us, at some time in our lives, have gravitated to `friends' who have a negative influence upon us, but whose friendship we try to salvage, anyway, for many self deceptive reasons.

How to know when a relationship is counterproductive and harmful to us? When WE are at risk? A tricky but critical question in life.

A powerful story with a powerful bottom line.

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
We Do It Because We Must
by R' Zvi Zobin

"But Ima, I don't want to do it!"

"Abba! Why do I have to do it?"

Sometimes we do need to relate to the likes and dislikes of our children and explain the `hows' and `whys.' But often, the issues involved are beyond the understanding of a child and then we need to tell the children that they have to do something because they have to do it and that's the way it is!

Helpful Hints
by Rifca Goldberg

We are sure you all have your favorite Helpful Hints, too. Why not share them with the public and send them in?

These are too good to digest all at once, so we've split this article into two parts.

LETTERS, FEEDBACK, EITZES

Your Medical Answer Questioned!

Re: Epidurals, by J. B. Leibman, M.D.

I am responding to the letter written by Mrs. Goldstein on epidurals. After speaking with department heads and specialists in three hospitals, I was unable to substantiate her statistics. Her claim of 400% increase in posterior babies could not be verified, and even if it could be, it says nothing, as absolute numbers are necessary to prove anything. In other words, five in a million is also a 400% increase over 1 in a million, but is still meaningless.

Couch Potato
by Rosally Saltsman

I need a new couch. The couch that has been a source of comfort and support to me for the past seven years has begun to tear and come apart. I tried covering it with a sheet but it didn't stay in place so I started vocalizing my need to buy a new couch.

Your Medical Questions Answered!
by Joseph B. Leibman, MD

We like to think that the things that I am about to discuss do not exist in our community, but once we realize that habits are hard to break, we will become more sympathetic. Our subject, therefore, is "bad habits."

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