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tjic on June 14, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son

Read the letter, specifically this bit:

Mike, you know better than many what an unhappy home is and what it can do to others.

Seems to me he's saying "I've made mistakes and learned from them".

brucejaywallace on June 15, 2012 [–]

That's what I got from it. It takes a sense of humility and ownership to admit those mistakes and be able to reflect on that and produce very useful advice to his son about it.

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