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He did it in a cartoon. But his observation of our adjustment to dealing with grown children is the equivalent of a thousand-worder.  The late, great William Hamilton, the New Yorker cartoonist who skewered the oblivious among us, drew a cartoon with mom and dad and two adult children sitting around a restaurant table having cocktails. The tag line spoken by one of the parents: "It’s so much easier now that the children are our age."

 

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2 responses to “Observation: Cartoonist William Hamilton on parenting grown children”

  1. Margaretha Montagu Avatar

    What a great quote – it really says it all!

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  2. penny Avatar

    Doesn’t it? That’s the genius of cartoonists–the ability to say it all and say it succinctly.

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