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I try everything.
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I scream. I threaten. I reason.
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I beg. Nothing works.
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I don't know if it's because
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they're too young and they don't understand,
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or if they're just getting some perverse joy out of testing me.
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My mother used to have the worst time with me in the car,
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so one time when I was acting up,
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she stopped and left me on the side of the road,
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and she drove off.
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You're kidding?
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Oh, she came back immediately,