Pamela Appea knows all about sucking. As she writes in the latest Bad Parent essay, she is addicted to giving her son, who is almost 2, a pacifier. 
"The pacifier nips a kicking, crying, screaming toddler temper tantrum
right in the bud," she writes. "And my son automatically reaches for his pacifier
when he needs something more than a book to read or some milk to drink
or a playmate to hug. Why are people so eager to give up such a magic
bullet?"
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