"As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy."

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We grow because the clamorous, permanent presence of our children forces us to put their needs before ours. We grow because our love for our children urges us to change as nothing else in our lives has the power to do. We grow (if we're willing to grow, that is: not every parent is willing) because being a parent helps us stop being a child.

— Judith Viorst