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Thinking on it now, on this business of parenting, there’s one thing about the job that strikes me as the ultimate irony, and it’s this: Being a parent is really about working yourself out of a job. That’s right. You’re taking this little creature, this creature you love more than you can even begin to describe, and you’re preparing her to go out into the world—preparing her to leave you. That’s heartbreaking, friend, but that is your job. So do it, and do it right.
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