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A town festival learns its children’s snail race may stress the snails. The kids spent months building tiny tracks, and the race is this Saturday. Should the organizers cancel it?

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Your oldest friends ask you to be their baby’s godparent at a church baptism. You stopped believing in God years ago, and the ceremony asks you to promise to raise the child in the faith. They need an answer by Sunday. Do you say yes?

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I would tell them that I would raise the kid if I had to, and I'd tell the kid about religion, but honestly, I'm not making any promises.

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A youth wrestling coach learns that one of the 12-year-olds on the team skipped lunch to make the weigh-in limit. The match begins in an hour, and the child says they feel fine. Should the coach pull them from the bout?

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Pull the child from the bout. Making weight is not worth asking a 12-year-old to compete after skipping a meal, even if they say they feel fine.

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“Teenagers are too old for trick-or-treating and can be turned away.”

After a long blackout, a grocery store has one freezer of food left. It can give every household one meal, or give half the households enough for three days. What should it do?

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Give it first to households with babies, older people, or sick people, as much as they need. Whatever is left goes to everyone else.

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A garden club website accidentally publishes all members’ email addresses before the spring sign-up drive. One member asks you to remove the list, while the president says people can use it to invite neighbors. The web volunteer will be available only until noon. What should the club do?

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Your daughter named the new puppy Gary. Your next-door neighbor is also named Gary, and he thinks you did it to mock him. Your daughter is heartbroken at the idea of changing it. Should you rename the dog?

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“A café should give the same discount to customers who refuse to share personal information.”

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