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We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for dista

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? – Ellen Goodman

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Theres a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving whats over without denying its value. – Ellen Goodman

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We spend January1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential. – Ellen Goodman

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Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience — unless they are still up. – Ellen Goodman

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Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. – Alvin Toffler

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Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. – Nancy Chodorow

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Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you dont want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but its also a parents worst nightmare: That they wont need you. Its like the real tragedy of parenting. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way. – Barbara Bush

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