I figured that if they spoke to Mom like that I couldn't feel too bar for her- it probably wasn't new (certainly not with Christina) and was something that they had tolerated for years. TV was not going to stop those lovely children form being their special selves.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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