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Resonant Thoughts

"Industrialization created the “Father’s Catch-22”: a dad loving his children by being away from the love of his children."

— Warren Farrell

Science1943

#family

"Children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents with disorganized families, such as the complainant, are even more prone to such behavior."

— Hillary Clinton

Politics1947

#family

"Because she lived under the big umbrella of my grandfather and she didn't have any education - she had three kids, had been abandoned by her husband, had no money - it was a horrible life. The only wa…"

— Isabel Allende

Literature1942

#family