Though many of us take pride in how different we are from our parents, we are endlessly sad at how different our children are from us.
ANDREW SOLOMON
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Understanding the science of parents and children can free people to focus on what is meaningful. It can make the experience of being a parent and having been a child more realistic and satisfying.
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