Of all the stages of growing up, the late teenage years must be the toughest period because they straddle adolescence and adulthood.
BECAUSE I am childless, I regard children as rather exotic creatures – interesting to observe from afar and maybe even pat should they come near me, but not something I’d want to live with day in and day out.
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