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Terry Prone: Tough love includes intervening when a child is destroying their life

Parents who ignore destructive behaviour are merely fuelling the fire
Terry Prone: Tough love includes intervening when a child is destroying their life

Molly Martens outside Davidson County Court in Lexington for the sentencing hearing of the killing of Jason Corbett last week. 

Mon, 13 Nov, 2023 - 02:00
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Terry Prone

Terry Prone is an author, columnist and one of Ireland's most well known commentators on communications, politics and public life.

This one probably originated as a Christmas cracker riddle but has nothing to do with Christmas.

Here’s the question. If your home was on fire, and if you could safely take out just one thing, what would that one thing be? 

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