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“Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.”

George Santayana

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Parents share what they know with their children, giving them the benefit of their life experiences. In return, children give their parents a sense of lasting legacy, because parents see their lives continue through their children.

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