
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 10, 1992                   TAG: 9203100400
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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48 HOURS

CHILDREN can be taught that they do not have to do wrong just to be "cool." Being a mother at a young age is not cool. I think that every teen needs to spend 48 hours taking care of an infant: changing its diapers, feeding it, bathing it, waking in the middle of the night to walk the floor with it. They would quickly learn that taking care of a real, live human being in no way compares with playing with dolls.

DEEDEE WOODWARD PARRY McCLUER HIGH SCHOOL BUENA VISTA

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