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A woman should never underestimate the power of the child in the man. Sometimes the child seems to be in the driver's seat at the very moment when all a man's adult judgment and insight is needed.

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Joyce Brothers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 20
Died: 2013
Died: May 13
Actor
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Psychologist
Television Presenter
Brooklyn
New York
Joyce Diane Bauer
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Strong families use the word we a lot, but I is never forgotten. Family members know they have the freedom to go off on their own, even if the direction is one that we have never followed before. The family message is, We're behind you, so you can be you.
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I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.
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