My mom sometimes says she never lied to us growing up. That's a lie.
Parents tell kids all kinds of lies to make them feel better. I didn't get to be tall until late in high school, which frustrated me a lot. My favorite lie she told was when she told me it was good to be short. I forget which tantrum I was throwing: not being able to ride a roller coaster or being bad at sports or getting lost in a crowd. Whatever it was, my mother said, "It's so much better to be short-- you ne
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