| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 56982 |
| QUOTATION: | If you expect complete honesty, you’ll be disappointed. And don’t expect gratitude for your parenting efforts. Do expect that you’ll feel like you’re on a yo-yo—intimate with your child one day, distant the next. As long as she’s safe, don’t invade her world. Remember: most teens end up being closer to their parents after adolescence than they were before. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ron Taffel (20th century), U.S. psychotherapist, parenting specialist, author. “How to Not Go Nuts Over the Little Things,” McCalls (July 1993). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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