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Show me your friends and I will show you your future

There’s a saying—or there should be if there isn’t—that goes somewhat like that. Isn’t that why we feel reassured when we see our children hanging out with “nice” kids—children who are respectful and serious about school, who benefit from healthy pastimes and find ways to enjoy themselves that is not injurious to themselves or to others? Why? Of course, when we see our children with such friends, we know they are learning, or having reinf...