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"It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness."

Sloan Wilson, American Novelist

Being, Children, Kindness

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"It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness."

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