Key Moments When Roots Run Shallow

Kids who put down roots - who are firmly tethered to family and community - have a great shot at growing into happy, well-adjusted adults.

But kids who move too frequently or fail to connect with family or friends may suffer a lifetime of alienation.

Growing healthy roots is the subject of the eighth installment of The Spokesman-Review’s 10-part series, Key Moments. Please see “A life on the move” in today’s IN Life.

And if the roots are severed?

What parent hasn’t at least once, felt a pang of fear that a child might run away from home after a living room clash?

“Dead-end streets” graphically portrays the brutal Spokane underworld that sometimes snares runaways. It’s an eight-page special section also in today’s newspaper.