“Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.”
Other Margaret Mead Quotes
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
Margaret Mead 
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.
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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
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The solution to adult problems tomorrow depends on large measure upon how our children grow up today.
Margaret Mead
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