We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

  • -- Ellen Goodman 埃伦·古德曼

我们批评母亲的亲密。我们批评父亲的距离。我们当中有多少人对父亲的期望更少,对他们给予我们的更多心存感激?我们中有多少人总是让他们逍遥法外?

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Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

家庭生活是美好的。街道一片荒凉。操场上一片荒凉。但是家总是温暖的。我的父母关系很好。在那里我总是觉得很“安全”。

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

父母不应该为了劝阻孩子吸烟而吸烟。当孩子在吸烟者的环境中长大时,他们更有可能吸烟。