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...the child trying not to appear as a child, of the strenuousness with which she tried to present the face of a convincing adult.

…the child trying not to appear as a child, of the strenuousness with which she tried to present the face of a convincing adult.
– Joan Didion

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  3. Don’t put your child at risk. Limit unsupervised one-on-one time between your child & another adult or another child. – Carolyn Byers Ruch
  4. The strenuousness is when,you have to be with and to bear those people who give more importance to the credence over reality. – MH Rakib
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