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[MUSIC PLAYING] FEMALE SPEAKER: Meet Ray. Ray is a full-term baby of normal length and weight, born to working-class Caucasian parents living in a suburban area. As an, infant he stops breathing on several occasions, which the emergency room doctor says may be due to the effects of secondhand smoke. Both Ray's mother, Mary, and father, George, smoke in the apartment. In his early years, Ray forms a strong bond with Mary, who is loving and nurturing. However, she works two part-time cashiering jobs to support the family and is not often home. George is stern and often yells and loses patience with Ray. At age 6, Ray regularly hears his parents fighting when he is trying to sleep, usually over money and the demands of parenting. Ray interprets his father's anger as not wanting me. When Ray enters public school, the nurse helps Ray get an inhaler for his breathing challenges, which have escalated to asthma. [MUSIC PLAYING]