The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard.
~ Sloan Wilson
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This morning Elizabeth realized she had forgotten to bring home her conferences slip for Chris to sign. She was worried about getting "yelled at" by her teacher (a woman whom I have met and whom I doubt makes a practice of yelling at children).
Elizabeth: (to Chris) Could you write your signature down or something so I could copy it on the paper?
The fact that forgery seemed a logical solution to her dilemma is disquieting at best.
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