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From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Money for toofs
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Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 13:00:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 13:00:00 1985
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> I would not have thought of interfering with the progress of a baby
> tooth that will fall out quite naturally by itself -- Why cause the
> child any pain at all, and why try to speed things up?

I urge you NOT to pull your children's baby teeth unless there is a damn
good reason, like a dentist telling you to, in which case he or she
should probably be the one doing it.  My parents, for whatever warped
reasons, routinely dropped everything, no matter how inconvenient, to
pull a loose tooth as soon as they thought the time was right.  (For
example, in the bathroom near a dining room during dinner on an ocean
liner.)  They also, more than once, instructed dentists to pull teeth
without warning me first -- including one wisdom tooth.

Believe me, this is NOT the way to teach your children love, respect,
and confidence in your wisdom.

Alan Silverstein