Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet.
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Children's liberation is the next item on our civil rights shopping list. 
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses. 
I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction -... 
Like it or not children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents all over America - as many as 10... 
Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked. 
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Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers... 
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It is regarded as axiomatic that parents have more power then children. This is an inescapable biolo... 
The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want. 
Giraffes are fairytale animals, almost heraldic - as if from the land of fables. They have extremely... 
As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice ... 
Millions of children throughout the world are being bought and sold like chattel and used as sex sla... 
You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal tha... 
Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add. 
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As far as I'm concerned, there is no subject that's off the table. 
A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma. 
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