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A Case of the Human Condition: Respect for Our Undeserving Elders

“Move,” said my 6-year-old son Peter to his grandmother. “I want to get by.” My mother looked up from her book and gave my son a hard look.

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A Case of the Human Condition: Peter’s Fast-Track Grandmother

My mother-in-law was on the phone. Could my 6-year-old son Peter come to Southern Calfornia for a week’s visit with her? “A week?” I thought. Could I get along without my little son for a whole week?

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