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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are now in college and a bit older, and I can still remember hearing that kind of advice as a little sappy -- though not traumatizing or even particularly annoying.  Even now when I hear my peers say this sort of thing to younger parents, I cringe.  Some of my reaction came from my own aversion to commonplace sayings -- I loathe anything with the words "live love laugh" or "in this house" on it.  But more substantively, I have to say that for me at least, having young adult kids might be my favorite stage of parenting.  Yes, they're busy and farther away than I might like (note that I said "might"), but they're also super-fun to hang around with and they introduce you to new places and ideas and music and movies.  And they cause you to look back at your own youth in a way that is painful at times, but can also help you find gracv  and perspective and forgiveness for yourself and others.  (Plus, you can call your sisters and college roommates and have a good laugh remembering old times.)

At the same time, though, there are obviously difficult parts of parenting at all stages, which brings me to my favorite child-rearing advice received from a stranger:  "Being a mom is really hard sometimes."  This came from a tween boy who was in line behind me at Toys 'R Us in Rockville in the summer of 1994.  I had just given birth to my first child, who was wailing away and spitting up on my post-maternity schmatta.  That wee bairn is 28 now and I'm going to visit him in LA next month where he promises we will get "mind-blowing tacos at Malibu".    Life is good.  And I'm going out right now to buy a car decal that says just that!  Triteness, schmiteness!  Thanks for the inspiration, DCUM![/quote]

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