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I knew I was a desensitized parent when:

I had to take one of my kids to the emergency room to get stitches and I didn't cry (third time).

I thought that bringing an old fish tank into the house for the girls to fill with frogs (just for the evening ) was a charming idea.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce