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Letter: Letter

Published 5 September 1998

From Richard Harris

I would like to propose an alternative hypothesis—namely, that for
families with large numbers of children, the cumulative stress resulting from
repeated exposure to midnight feeds, the terrible twos and sulking teenagers
drives the poor parents to an early grave.

dr.gorah@virgin.net

Issue no. 2150 published 5 September 1998

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