You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do h…

Marian Wright Edelman
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You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (2013). The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, p.63, Beacon Press
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You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (2013). The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, p.63, Beacon Press

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