Readers Digest, May 2012 issue:

Readers Digest, May 2012 issue:

As a new parent, I've come to appreciate the sacrifices my mother and father made for me. For example, not long ago, I thanked my mother for all the time and money that was spent on me for orthodontics. "We had to," she said, "or you would still be living at home." Kris Boedigheimer, Marshall, Minnesota.