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There Are Many Things Children Accept As "grown-up Things" Over When They Have No Control And For Which They Have No Responsibility--for Instance, Weddings, Having Babies, Buying Houses, And Driving Cars. Parents Who Are Separating Really Need To Help Their Children Put Divorce On That Grown-up List, So That Children Do Not See Themselves As The Cause Of Their Parents' Decision To Live Apart.

The Older I Get, The More Convinced I Am That The Space Between People Who Are Trying Their Best To Understand Each Other Is Hallowed Ground.

The World Is Not Always A Kind Place. That's Something All Children Learn For Themselves, Whether We Want Them To Or Not, But It's Something They Really Need Our Help To Understand.

Play Is Really The Work Of Childhood.

Parents Find Many Different Ways To Work Their Way Through The Assertiveness Of Their Two-year-olds, But Seeing That Assertiveness As Positive Energy Being Directed Toward Growth As A Competent Individual May Open Up Some New Possibilities.