When you have a little baby, their essence is so much a part of yours that it is unnerving when they grow up and their lives are nothing like yours... even down to the people they choose to hang around. This isn't to say that I'm one of those smothering baby-talking Teddy Ruxpin Earth-mommy types, but it was still quite the eye-opener when the reality knocked me over. They do not have thoughts like yours and (in fact) they may not even like you... for that respect must be earned over long periods of time.
So to those of you who are watching your children leave home for the first time, understand right.now that they may surprise-delight-question you and your opinions... and that it is their job. They are not tiny little yous...
even though you think that now...
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