Do you remember being a child? We sure do. Mostly, we remember being filled with piping hot feelings. And now, as adults, we worry … are saying the right things to our kids? Are we being the right kind of grownups? We asked the Terrible community what they wish their grownups would’ve said to them when they were young and going through hard stuff. This is what they said.

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