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If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you overcame them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.

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Bruce Feiler
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 25
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