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Your children might have called your parenting style old fashioned, but cod-liver oil, outdoor play and children minding their manners are back in style. So grandparents, go ahead and say, "I told you so."
The different personality traits of your grandchildren—leader, peacemaker, class clown—can often be explained by the order of their birth in each family.
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