"I was just beginning to feel what a mother's love is like for her child, yet I had no understanding of how difficult it was going to be to leave my baby behind, " Babar said.

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That's why parents talking about their children can be so tedious - other parents, I mean, not me or you - not because we doubt their love, or the child's charms, but because itemizing infinities is obviously the most boring thing imaginable.

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Hais, who co-wrote Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube and the Future of American Politics, have observed that millennial "mellowness" can be traced to child-rearing patterns marked by feel-good toddler shows like Barney ("I love you, you love me", etc.) Moreover, they add, millennials seem devoid of an impulse to fight and prove their superiority over others--not a surprising outcome when everyone gets a trophy.

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