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“Dr. Phil” is on my other screen as I write (okay, I admit it, I watch him sometimes). A line he just spoke is so apropos of what we are discussing here:</p>
<p>"It takes a thousand ‘atta boys’ to make up for one ‘you’re no good’ that a child suffered growing up. </p>
<p>So true, and (my corollary from watching “my boys” at the Youth Center and my young relative): we have to keep on with our ‘atta boys’ regardless of whether we see results, because maybe we are only the 200th and 800 more are still needed.</p>