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I also introduce skills like using a hula hoop or jumping rope. I think many kids this age need a break from the computer or video games to learn these very important physical skills.


Gail Centner

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GAIL POOL If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
GAIL SHEEHY Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
GAIL SHEEHY Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own ...
GAIL SHEEHY Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they d...
GAIL COLLINS You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have...
GAIL COLLINS Very few women manage to have it all; certainly not all at once.
GAIL SHEEHY To be honest, I haven't seen much serious budget planning since the Republicans took control of ...
GAIL COLLINS During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet...
GAIL COLLINS My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the Nati...
GAIL COLLINS In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it'...
GAIL SHEEHY