Two Peds in a Pod: Always something-those rubber bands

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Always something-those rubber bands

The newest trend in kidville- trading rubber bands in various shapes. The kids wear the bands like bracelets and strut around with the colorful bands jutting out in all directions from their arms and wrists. The elementary school crowd is fascinated by them. Teachers, who find them a distraction, are not as enamored. Somewhere there is one teacher today who is particularly appalled. During a check up, a nine year old told me today that a classmate was sent to the nurse's office- the reason? The bands were on so tight that they were cutting off circulation to the classmate's arm.

Always something.