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On Culture - Are You Turning Into Your Parents?
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On Culture - Are You Turning Into Your Parents?

Susan and I talk about it. But the answer is at least a little bit yes.

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Susan and I talk about the universal experience of growing old and / or growing into our parents - while being surprised by our participation in this universal reality … and what to do about it.

What has been will be again,

what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Call the Smithsonian, I made a discovery

Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free

Loved ones will break your heart

With or without you

Turns out we don't get to know everything

Get the young scientist, tell him come quick

Must be the first man that's ever seen this

Lines on my face, my teeth are not white

My eyes do not work and my legs don't move right …

Smithsonian - The Avett Brothers

Links

Smithsonian” - song lyrics - The Avett Brothers

How Today’s Parents Say Their Approach to Parenting Does – or Doesn’t – Match Their Own Upbringing - The Pew Research Center - January 2023

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