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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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Parents offer an open womb. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can kiss it, and make it well when their grown children need to regress and repair. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can catch you when you start to fall. When you are in disgrace, defeat, and despair, home may be the safest place to hide.

Frank Pittman

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

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