I gladly gave my aunt the privilege of scraping off all gum so my job wasn’t as interesting or horrifying. I did find a few more menu drawings--a baby’s scribble, an elaborate tic-tac-toe board, and some stretched out stick figures that made me miss Addie again.

Kate Willis
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This quote comes from an article written by a mother named Annette. She said that she would rather give her daughter the privilege of scraping off all of her gum than let her scrape gum off of the table. This is because the job of scraping gum off of tables was not as interesting or as horrifying as scrapes her daughter had to take on her own body. The idea is that sometimes we give our kids more responsibility for their own actions and suffer more than they do.

Source: Enjoy The Poodle Skirt

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