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Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child."

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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.'"

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

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

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"It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T."

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"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."

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

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"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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