Category: parents get real
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Lots of Landmines, No Metal Detector: The First of Several on This Topic
When a child is born, the parent enters into a decades-long negotiation with the world. The script for this give-and-take reads: Parent, puffing out chest: “Surrounded by a loving village of friends and family, my child will never question that she is loved.” World, yawning: “Fiddlesticks.” Parent, still confident: “I will provide steadiness and an open…