Such adjectives may serve to describe our children's character, just as antonyms of such adjectives do, for even as adults our children continue to challenge us in assessment, condition, decisions, and circumstances we couldn't foresee when they were young. I think that's the truth many parents don't consider until time reveals it - it's facile to maintain that "you never stop being a parent", but it's even more facile to criticize those that claim their children's beauty merely refers to their physical appearance. Their decency, compassion, and goodness, and lack of such qualities, help characterize them, for they are also people in progress, as we all are.
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