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WE HEAR YOU
coordination and seizures. Please let
readers know to keep products with
xylitol safely away from their pets!
Ariana Anderson
Seattle, Washington
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
Thank you so much for your article
“Everyone Has One” [As They Grow,
December 2008]. My 6-year-old son
recently asked me if he could have
an iPod. Then he paused and asked,
“Mom, what is an iPod?”
Nicole Eaton; Dewitt, Michigan
FARE WELL�AND THANKS
In the December issue I read that
longtime Parents editor-in-chief
Sally Lee is moving on. I’d like to
pass along my best wishes. I adopted
a daughter from China at the same
time as Sally did, and I’ve long felt a
deep kinship with her and her family.
Debbie Fulmer
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
CRAFT Y HOLIDAY
Check out this cool elf ornament
that I made with the instructions
in your “Merry and Bright” article
[December 2008]. Every year, we
make ornaments for a funky little
tree my husband and I used before
we had kids. I love this one!
Theresa Schroeder
Garner, North Carolina
Editor’s note: Print out our easy “Jolly
Elves” how-to from parentsmag.com.
POWER OF PARENTS
Joy Fawcett was diagnosed with rheumatoid
arthritis (R. A.) in 2002. She was 34 and a mother
of three who played on the U. S. women’s soccer
team. “I always felt so sore, but thought I was just
getting old,” Fawcett recalls. She soon began
treatment to manage the chronic disease.
Joy Fawcett went from
She retired in 2004 and began advocating for
playing Olympic soccer to
fighting rheumatoid arthritis.
R. A. awareness to both children and adults,
since R. A. can affect kids too. Last year
Fawcett started speaking on behalf of the arthritis-support community
CreakyJoints, which recently helped launch an R. A. education program
called GeneRAtions. The program has surveyed more than 1,000 people
with R. A. to provide insights into the physical, emotional, and social effects
of the disease. For more information, visit creakyjoints.org.
Parents donated $500 to CreakyJoints. To nominate your organization or
community-service project for Power of Parents and be considered for a donation,
e-mail us at advocacy@parentsmag.com.
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