When life is a horror....Don't look like a ghost!
One day you__e going to get arrested, and when you do, don__ call me. I__l tell the police to lock you up just to teach you a lesson._ Because there were some black parents who__ actually do that, not pay their kid__ bail, not hire their kid a lawyer__he ultimate tough love. But it doesn__ always work, because you__e giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love. You__e trying to teach him a lesson, and now that lesson is the rest of his life.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
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One day you__e going to get arrested, and when you do, don__ call me. I__l tell the police to lock you up just to teach you a lesson._ Because there were some black parents who__ actually do that, not pay their kid__ bail, not hire their kid a lawyer__he ultimate tough love. But it doesn__ always work, because you__e giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love. You__e trying to teach him a lesson, and now that lesson is the rest of his life.
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