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Childpower
It’s great to have the gap-toothed nine year old around. A young child unknowingly offers a vitality that is gratefully and sometimes guiltily absorbed by an older parent. The older and wiser the parent, the more he or she wonders if the youth-soaking is taking something away from the child. Fortunately, the child seems to replenish her supply effortlessly. ...Until one day the cheerfulness and fist pumping are replaced by boy and girl chasing, as sex rears its ugly head. Wonder is replaced by wander. Then the parent hopes for the best, wondering about lost innocence, as the child flees the nest.