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as quoted in Women and Their Fathers, by Victoria Secunda (1992)"How to Manage Mom and Dad" (November/December 1994)"How to Manage Mom and Dad" Psychology Today (November/December 1994)"How to Manage Mom and Dad" Psychology Today, (November/December 1994)Man Enough (1993)

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Family lore can be a bore, but only when you are hearing it, never when you are relating it to the ones who will be carrying it on for you. A family without a storyteller or two has no way to make sense out of their past and no way to get a sense of themselves.

Frank Pittman

Frank Pittman (20th century), U.S. psychiatrist and family therapist. "How to Manage Mom and Dad," Psychlolgy Today (November/December 1994).

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