Raising Compassionate Boys (A Work in Progress)

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Posing with ‘Tommy’ at the Kansas City Zoo

Every now and again I’m startled when I’m out in public with one of my sons, who quite naturally (in my eyes) are polite and thoughtful and show interest in and respect for other people. When whichever son I’m with is out of hearing, suddenly a clerk or a fellow shopper or someone else at the event approaches me and asks how I did it.

How I did what?

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