Dear Miss Manners: I was wondering if my daughter should have sent thank ... Could you please let me know? In the normal course of events, children take it for granted that their parents feed ...

A letter of thanks does not require a response ... You appreciate letters from them and their parents, so you ought to understand how much they would appreciate letters from you.

SINGAPORE – Dear parents, this letter, like a child, is years in the making. You are the reason your children are who they are today, nothing happens by chance.