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“Because that was a parent’s job: to provide shoulders. Shoulders for your children to sit on when they’re little so they can see the world, then stand on when they get older so they can reach the clouds, and sometimes lean against whenever they stumble and feel unsure.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“Have you ever held a three-year-old by the hand on the way home from preschool?"
"No."
"You're never more important that you are then.”
― Anxious People
"No."
"You're never more important that you are then.”
― Anxious People
“Our children never warn us that they’re thinking of growing up, one day they’re just too big to want to hold our hand, it’s just as well we never know when the last time is going to be or we’d never let go.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
“You don't have to like all children. Just one. And children don't need the world's best parents, just their own parents. To be perfectly honest with you, what they need most of the time is a chauffeur.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“No one tells you before you procreate that the hardest thing about being a good parent is that you never feel like one.”
― The Winners
― The Winners
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