Side Questing Life

Side Questing Life

One Thing That Makes People Easier to Control Later in Life (Issue 183)

Empowerment begins and ends early

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Larry Cornett
May 06, 2026
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker

I was talking with a young parent recently. They were lamenting the fact that their child had entered the “terrible twos” and was becoming stubborn and challenging.

I reassured them that this would pass, but I also told them this was a good and necessary deve…

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