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A FATHER TRYS TO KEEP PEACE

A FATHER TRYS TO KEEP PEACE;
AND HOLD HIS FAMILY TOGETHER AT LEAST:

WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN OF SEVEN:
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO TEN YOUR STRESS LEVEL STAYS AT PLUS ELEVEN:

NEVER A DULL OR BORING MOMENT ON HAND:
YOUR FULL ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME ALL SEVEN WILL DEMAND:

THEY KEEP SCORE AND THEY WATCH EACH OTHER VERY CLOSE:
WHEN THEY ARE ASLEEP THEY MIND AND GET ALONG AND BEHAVE THE MOST:

THE OLDER THE KIDS GET DISSAGREEMENTS AND ARGUMENTS STILL TAKE PLACE:
AND AS A FATHER NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY GET IT IS YOUR JOB TO TRY TO KEEP PEACE AND NOT JUDGE IN HASTE:

EVEN THEY ARE SO OLD AND WISEAND ARE GOOD AT RTALKING BACK WITH FIGHT:
NO MATTER WHAT THEY KNOW TO ARGUE WITH THERE DAD IS NOT RIGHT:

21==JULY--2010:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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