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Alcohol Exposure John Cloud has it right about drinking with family [June 30]. My brother and I were given wine at dinner by my parents at a young age. My sons were raised that way as well. I drank too much once. My boys drink responsibly and never drink and drive. They are now raising their own families, and I expect that when their very young children are a bit older, they will do the same with them. Children obviously learn an enormous amount from their parents; they should have the chance to learn responsible drinking from them as well...
...winter issue of Camping magazine noted that today's campers are often missing some basic interactive instruments; fantastically digitally aware, they are less familiar with the ideas of sharing their space, their stuff or the attention of the adults around them. For kids who are allowed to text during dinner, who have their parents on speed dial for whenever they get in trouble or need a ride, who communicate using more acronyms than a four-star general, a little autonomy is probably long overdue...
...recent months, circles of conversation have been forming around the country: in precincts of power, yes - salons with members of Congress, presidential campaign strategy sessions - but also among citizens who simply do the everyday work of being citizens, in libraries and churches, at gatherings of teachers, at the dinner and breakfast table...
...Barack Obama can make the same deal with Clinton's supporters that he evidently is reaching with her - if he can persuade them that the real enemy of their ideals and interests is the one outside the tent - then today's photo op will last past dinner time...
...note a remarkable similarity among the children in your excellent article "Watching What They Eat": an alarming lack of supervision or structure, resulting in indiscriminate snacking and imbalanced diets [June 23]. The juvenile--obesity epidemic cannot be conquered until breakfast and dinner become daily family events with parental modeling. Raj U. Dugel, LOS ANGELES...