I am aghast to find myself in such a position of power over two other people. Their father and I have them in thrall simply by having produced...
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Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
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My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own parenthood, but it didn't because parenting can be learned only by people who have no children.
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There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.
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The family is constantly changing, as each member changes. Some changes we recognize as developments, and the pleasure they bring usually make...
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This is what no one warns you about, when you decide to have children. There is so much written about the cost and the changes in your way of ...
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The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.
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Being a parent is such serious business that we dare not take it too seriously. Children are inherently funny. So are parents. We all are at o...
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Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
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[Why did these strangers embrace her when her mother could not? At Planned Parenthood, she had met pro-life parents who supported abortions for their daughters.] Everyone has an exceptional case when confronted with difficult situations in life, ... That's what love is.
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