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Adam Hochschild on Our Obligation to the Common Good pt. 2

The Daily Stoic

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Parents, I'm Just Looking Out for You, but You Don't Know How Shaky the Foundation Is

"We often forget as parents that when we speak to children, especially small children, we're speaking through a loudspeaker," she says. "Any kind of criticism or disapproval is often felt much more heavily than it was intended." She adds: "I didn't need anyone to tell me how dangerous what I was doing was ... If it did go to shit, I wouldn't end up under a bridge somewhere,. right?"

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