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The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything.

J. D. Salinger
Fall, Kids, Say Anything
"The Catcher in the Rye". Book by J. D. Salinger, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 1951.
The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it's bad if you say anything.