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3catwoman3

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1. Many times during my long career in pediatrics...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 04:01 PM

Dec 5

...I found myself thinking that parenthood should require a license. Who is raising these barbarians1?

Stories like this are a big reason I still feel that way. You need a license to cut hair, for gawd's sake. Anyone who can copulate can become a parent - no ability other than fertility required.

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4 teens indicted in beating of developmentally delayed man at Danvers park [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 OP

Many times during my long career in pediatrics... 3catwoman3 Dec 5 #1

One of the best lines in the movie 'Parenthood'... OldBaldy1701E Dec 5 #2

That's about the size of it. 3catwoman3 Dec 5 #3