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I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.

Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern

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Joseph B. Wirthlin
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1917 to 2008; Wikidata Q4355413, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355413 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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