31.   Beginning in the earliest grades, children also take on responsibilities.

32.   Bernard Beck, a sociologist at Northwestern University, said child rearing has taken a more management-style approach, especially among parents who are well-educated and successful.

33.   Black children eventually took the seats.

34.   Blindfolded, the children took turns guessing at an array of spices and mushrooms he had brought.

35.   -- Never let children take food from a microwave that is positioned above their heads, since hot food or liquid may spill onto their face or hands.

36.   Additionally, at least a million children take Ritalin and the use of the drug has risen many times more during the past few years.

37.   All of the church members are black, and Allen said black children could take harsher whippings because their skin was less tender than that of whites.

38.   Almost everyone says children should not take the substance.

39.   But district school boards would resist, and parents are almost always reluctant to let small children take long bus rides.

40.   But the percentage of older farmers also is rising because fewer children are taking over the family business.