In a hallway by the front door, a Border Terrier with its tail wagging wears a well-fitted basket muzzle, while a white man in his thirties with a short beard crouches and pops a small treat through the front of it, the lead hanging ready on a hook.

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The Cycle Helmet

Most children hate their first cycle helmet. It’s hot, it pinches, and it looks silly. Then something changes: the helmet starts to mean the bike ride. Before long, they’re fetching it from the hook themselves and waiting at the door with it on.

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