Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact, the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.

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"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."

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"The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others."

- Erik H. Erikson

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"In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity."

- Erik H. Erikson

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"Doubt is the brother of shame."

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"The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery."

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"Christmas is a time for family, for being together, for creating memories that last a lifetime."

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