Cushioning the family blows

SIBLING SAVER

ANYBODY WHO'S EVER TAKEN a family vacation knows that family car trips can be fun - if you have one child. Or you're traveling to your next door neighbor's.

Otherwise, the feeling of family connection may not be quite what you had in mind. Like when your loving son's right hook connects with your daughter's arm. And her bony elbow connects with his ribs.

Car games like I Spy are short-lived, truces out of the question. So how do you find peace when the backseat bristles with the battle of "You're on my side"?

You whip out the Sibling Separator. This giant, inflatable vinyl cushion gets strapped between your kids and divides the backseat battleground fairly. It even comes with a patching kit for repairing small holes - in the cushion.

While the company, Sibling Products Inc. (800/925-SIBS), hopes the separator will "encourage individual activity," parents will probably settle for averting major medical catastrophes.

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