Dear Ann Landers, wrote to you several months ago to ask what to do about my husband's tickling our three-year-old son. We had many argu-ments about it. I felt he was subcon-sciously antagonizing the child because Timmy always ended up crying. My husband said I was crazy-that it was all in fun and the child was crying from exhaustion, but he really liked it. Your response was, "Tell your hus-band to knock it off. Tickling can be an expression of hostility. The one being tickled may laugh-at first-but soon the frustration becomes too much and anger sets in. One of these days your son might retaliate with a knuckle sandwich." Today, Ann, we both won our point. Enclosed is the clipping that tells the story. When my husband read the story in the paper his face went white. Love you, Lady! TO THE VICTOR
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Dear Readers, , Ann, tell your readers not to hide keys outside their homes. No matter how secret they may believe a hiding place is, a criminal is sure to find it. Burglars know exactly where to look. After all, breaking into homes is their business.
No one should leave an extra key under the mat, over the door, in the mailbox or anyplace someone could find it. If your readers feel they MUST have an emergency key, it should be left with a trusted friend or neighbor. May I also suggest that they not leave the key in any of the commercial devices advertised as 'hiding places' because, believe it or not, criminals read those advertisements, too. -- Richard D. Pontes, security specialist, Boston
