Re Leah Casner’s column “Dan handling”: Before our first child was born, we also attended Lamaze classes. An unexpected traffic jam made us late for one session. We arrived just in time to watch the instructor squeeze the sleeve of a sweater, out of which popped a big yellow grapefruit. My wife and I looked at each other and said, almost simultaneously, “All that effort just for a grapefruit?”

Steven Stellman

Kenoza Lake, NY