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Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
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