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This, too, shall pass. Like a m***********g kidney stone.
When I had my kid, I was in the vanguard of new parents in my social circle, so I really had to wade through a lot of things on my own or with a few friends who Got It. Along the way I developed a distaste for the parenting philosophy colloquially known as “crunchy” : sad beige children, amber teething necklaces, chemophobia, the naturalistic fallacy, and that whole shebang. One of my friends suggested we call our parenting style “extra crispy,” and I guess it stuck.
No plan survives contact with a baby.
General Patton, probably
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