If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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Five-Ring Fever: When Olympic Parents Push Their Kids Too Hard
By Susan Donaldson James — 2012
Silver Medalist and mother Judi Brown Clarke warns about overzealous parenting.
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