| To all teenagers and young adults out there:
Your parents are not stupid. Once upon a time, we moms and dads also came home from high school and college and decided were knew more, and were more intelligent than our folks. However, let me warn you to be prepared. Something odd happens when you grow up. In all the business of being a responsible adult, earning a living, and caring for children, there just isn't the same amount of time to spend bettering ourselves like you're doing right now. And all the adult information we need to keep on tap has pushed some of the rest of our knowledge to the background of our brains. I know the family's sports schedule by heart, but forgot the name of capital of Myanmar. I'm sorry. The fact that we can't remember the plot of The Grapes of Wrath or how to do calculus does not mean we are ignorant clods. Be kind to us. | 
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