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There’s one basic rule you should remember about development charts that will save you countless hours of worry.... The fact that a child passes through a particular developmental stage is always more important than the age of that child when he or she does it. In the long run, it really doesn’t matter whether you learn to walk at ten months or fifteen months—as long as you learn how to walk.
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
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It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and the hunger for it ... and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied ... and it is all one.
—M. F. K. Fisher (b. 1908)
Eight Common Causes Of Lameness In Horses ... A lame horse is hurting somewhere in his body and it's up to the owner to find out what is causing the pain and to make sure that the horse will receive the proper treatment. Many times lameness is a temporary problem and the horse will recover fully with proper care...
Roughage In Review – What It Means In A Horse's Diet ... Roughages are a vital component in the diet of a horse including hay and pasture feeding, also. It is the source of necessary digestive energy, protein, and a small percentage of vitamins and minerals...