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This is a comic warning about the gap between a child’s spontaneous appetite and an adult’s tolerance for the consequences. Lebowitz turns a simple parenting scene into a rule about realism, not idealism, and about knowing the limits of your own patience. It lands on a soggy afternoon when a parent is tempted to hand over total freedom and immediately regrets it.
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Originally said in English.
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About Fran Lebowitz
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