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Teresa Kellerman and Bruce Ritchie are parents each with a child with fetal alcohol syndrome. This is caused by alcohol consumed by the child’s mother during pregnancy. Alcohol consumed during pregnancy is the leading cause of birth defects and childhood disability in North America. Its most critical effects are behavioral. These are the impulsiveness, the poor judgment, and the social immaturity that makes the child so vulnerable in school, community, and life. The child's emotional and social developmental age is about half the chronological age. Even as the child grows into adulthood his or
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