"Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.“


-Alice Miller

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Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child.

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