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OK I have sat awake many a night (just as many parents have) rocking a small child who is ill. They will receive no accolaids from the child. The child could just as well sleep on their own until they woke from the discomfort. The parent stays there because they know they want the child to be comforted. They want the child to sleep better. Also they want to know when the child turns for worse if that happens. They are there awake even though they are tired because they simply care for and love the child. If they get praise that is an after thought. If they benefit in any way that is only post action/motivation. The primary, initial motive for staying up to rock an ill child to sleep is love. Selfishness has nothing to do with that. Selfishness would do what some terrible parents DO. That is lay the child in a crib, shut the doors, and pull a pillow over their own head to go to sleep.
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"Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama
My Karma just ran over your Dogma. 
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