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He tells her he hates her nagging. Well, she hates it, too. She tells him that if he did what she asked the first time, she wouldn’t have to repeat herself,
How are you supposed to teach kids anything these days, with all the bad behavior they see around them, on the news, all the time, from people in positions of authority? No one seems to behave well or have any appreciation for boundaries anymore.
She was taught to say sorry, and to make amends.
You try to do your best, but really, what control do you have over them once they’re not little anymore?
That’s what comes from trying to live ethically, from trying to do what’s right in a crazy, cynical world that doesn’t give a shit about doing the right thing. What’s wrong with apologizing? Instead it seems to be all about not getting caught, about getting away with it.
she wishes he understood why what he’s done is wrong instead of just being afraid of what might happen to him.
We all wear masks. We all have something to hide at one point or another.
They used to sit around the wading pool, chatting and laughing, serene in the expectations that their kids would be bright and beautiful and untroubled.
Parents always seem to have overly optimistic visions of their kids’ talents and futures when they’re toddlers, Olivia thinks—maybe that’s how they manage to keep going.
