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"Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child."
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"One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children's day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: 'I see you; I notice you; I love you.'"

"Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents had a full and intricate existence before you were born."

"Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child."

"Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they've held their own peace?"

"Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it."
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"Feminists who accept the claim made in The Book of Genesis, and, that God is a he, need to make their minds up."

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"We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days - or hours."
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