How to display only the menu items and not the parent menu? I am trying to build on the footer a set of 3 menu links: About us, Terms of Use, Contact.

The problem is that I want to have only these 3 links as menus and I do not want their parent menu to be displayed. Can anyone help me on this?

When I do it, I can display the 3 links, but also their parent menu is shown. 
I want to display only the submenu items:


MenuItem1

submenuitem1
submenuitem2
submenuitem3



Is that possible? Can The Panel module do this?
The Menu block module is the way to go. 


Install the module
Go to your blocks page
Click on "Add new menu block"
Select your menu and the level you want it to show
Add that block to your footer region and you're set