Kids' Drugs on Trial New plants herald spring.
Green shoots push through wet earth and start their wavering climb toward the sun.
If you stake the unsteady shoots, they'll usually survive. Withhold the props and they may tilt a little too far, fall over and break. Give them a stake when they're just starting to topple, and many will eventually straighten out. But deny a child a stake during the crucial years of emotional and mental development, and he may never thrive. You might do psychotherapy for years before seeing this kind of change.