American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects even if they are wealthier．
But 1 are children expected to compare with the richer 2 a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it 3 to give a child less spending money than is customary(
惯例的)in the neighborhood．
4 the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the 5 , because a child learns to use money correctly only through 6 it himself．If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to 7 it up, he gets no idea what the 8 use for the money is．He gets the shinny coins and they soon 9 ．
The idea of a bank account is too early for so 10 a child, although he can be made to understand and 11 saving his coins－not all of them, only a part of what he receives－to buy something he especially wants． 12 he is eight, he is old enough to take part in the 13 of his own saving account, parents may take him to the bank, open a saving account for him, and 14 him to put a certain quantity of any checks that he receives as 15 into the bank and watch his bank savings 16 as entry by entry is made．
He will be saving, earning, and spending 17 quantities all along in order to learn how to 18 money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friends．The boy who can't join his fellows in sweet shops 19 he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have chosen for him, is a 20 child．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
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