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Quote by Gail Sheehy
Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing

Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child. – Gail Sheehy

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We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least. – Gail Sheehy

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Conservatism
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Gail Sheehy
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Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough. – Gail Sheehy

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Self-Respect
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The clash between child and adult is never so stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Parents

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. – Gloria Steinem, New York Times, 26 August 1971

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There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. – Italo Calvino

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