Jill TelfordBe the kind of grown up you needed as a child.
About This Quote
This is a brilliant piece of advice that should be taken to heart by all parents. It is often the case that adults are better at being adults than they are at being children. This isn’t always true, but it is often the case. The point of this quote is that if you want your children to be better adults, you have to treat them like one. You have to show them how to behave as an adult, not as a child.
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