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From: barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Pacifiers
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 19:27:54 EST
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> 
> I will certainly admit that a toddler wandering around with a souse
> stuck in his/her mouth is not a very heart-warming sight... but a
> 6 year old chewing on a thumb is even less delightful:-)
>

Personally, my mother thought pacifiers were an abomination.  When we
were very small, we chewed on wet wash cloths (*at* *home*).  

I never felt deprived (that I can remember ;-), and I certainly don't
suck my thumb (swizzle sticks -- the little plastic ones for coffee --
are fair game! :-).  

Without one *does* *not* default to using the other.

I guess you never miss what you've never had.

Barb