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Barbara Ehrenreich, Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything Quotes: Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around.
         

Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around.


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