The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon — Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon — Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon — Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon — Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon — Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
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The only way your child will grow out of their dependency into self-sufficient adults is for you to essentially abandon your own independence for 20 years or so.

— Timothy J. Keller, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus
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