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40 reads: Perspective, when ‘love’ hurts

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This story originally appeared in the Aug. 6, 2005 issue of Golfweek.

Editor's note: From the thousands of stories published during Golfweek's first 40 years, our editors have compiled a list of favorites. We think you will enjoy revisiting them, too. We'll spend 40 weeks dusting off some of our "best reads" from the archives and posting them here.

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There’s nothing easy about being a parent. Children are demanding, life is complex and expectations often go unfulfilled. It helps everyone when the adults in the relationship keep in mind a basic truth – that their kids’ needs are more important than their own.