Mollycoddling was the mother's duty; the father's lay elsewhere. As a consequence, his four older children feared and respected him, as they had been taught to do, and the love the professed to feel, had they been asked and had they answered truthfully or even had access to the truth, was of a duty-bound, obligatory kind too, a love issuing from commandment and tradition and the notion of family, not one from the tides of the heart or the unbridled, inexplicable pull of feelings. If painted, that love would take the form of a polite and manicured wash of pleasant colours, not the hurl-and-splatter of impastoed reds. Neel Mukherjee
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As children, we are conditioned to love our parents unconditionally. We are taught that they are the most important people in our lives and that we must do everything for them. Our mother will protect us, our father will provide for us, and they will love us forever. As adults, however, we realize that this love does not last forever. It is often short-lived and sometimes even nonexistent.

Source: The Lives Of Others

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