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Dear Grandma,
How's it going? I hope that Grandpa is well now. I was sorry to 1 that he had a cold last week. I 2 you are in good health. Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year exams last week, and got
my 3 card today. I always get nervous 4 I see the envelope from school in the mail, but luckily I 5 OK this time. I had a really hard time with science this semester, and I wasn't surprised to find
that my 6 report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isn't true. It's just that I
find science really 7 . The good news is that my math teacher said I was hard working. And my
Spanish teacher said my listening was good. Well, that's about all the news I have for now. Mom and Dad
send their love.
Love,
Alan
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B
I don't know if the world is really more dangerous now than it was 30 years ago. But I'm sure that it
seems that way. The world is a dangerous place. We want our children to know it,
1 they will stay
safe. But we don't want them to be afraid all of the time. Fear is a
2 feeling. We need fear to keep us
from doing stupid things. But frequent fear is more likely to come down with illness.
So, what can you do to keep your child safe, without fear?
First, make your home a safe place. Make it a rule that nobody
3 anybody else in your home, neither
by deed nor by word. When you have to
4 a scary world, it helps to have a fear-free home base.
Let your kids know that most
5 are well-mannered people. It's possible to be
6 without putting
yourself in danger. I think that the "never talk to strangers"rule often does more harm than good.
Take steps to help those
7 , and let your children help beside you. By helping others, they'll come
to expect that others will help them if they ever need it.
As parents, we can't make sure that our children will never come to harm. But we will always do
everything we can to keep them safe, and to make the world safer for all children and people. The experience
of being with others in a neighborhood of
8 and the safety of a peaceful home is what children need to
be able to live without fear in a dangerous world.
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