Parents accept their ...

Parents accept their obsolescence with the best grace they can muster. . . they do all they can to make it easy for the younger generation to surpass the older, while secretly dreading the rejection that follows.
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 Christopher Lasch

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Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure.
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The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.
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The family is a haven in a heartless world.
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