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Children are a Time Capsule of Your Parenting

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Michael Foster
Jul 07, 2025
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The kids in a big family don’t all grow up with the same parents. Even when they share the same mom and dad. Time has a way of working on people. Parents aren’t exempt. By the time the youngest arrives, Mom and Dad are changed. Sometimes softer. Sometimes harder. Sometimes both. That can help or hurt. Usually it does a little of each.

Our kids came in wa…

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