Kids today - March 1, 2008

Rhonda Stacy, manager of Stacy's KidStuff in Texas, was born and grew up in Grapevine, Texas, during the time “when you were free to ride bikes in your hometown and your parents didn't have to worry,” she said. Growing up she thought she'd become a school teacher or an airline pilot but she's spent the last 25 years working in the family-owned and operated furniture business.

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