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From: "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:53:57 -0500
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On 24/06/2025 12.59, Tony Nance wrote:
> On 6/24/25 8:51 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>> On 24/06/2025 07.24, Tony Nance wrote:
>>> On 6/23/25 12:18 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>>>> Five Stories Featuring Highly Supportive Parents
>>>>
>>>> Encouraging the next generation of space pirates and superheroes...
>>>>
>>>> https://reactormag.com/five-stories-featuring-highly-supportive-parents/
>>>
>>> Hm...aside from your mention of Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan, the only others that come quickly to mind are the Weasleys from the Harry Potter series, and the Carpenters from the Harry Dresden series.
>>
>> How about Kimball and Clarrissa Kinnison of the Lensman series? Reading about
>> the "childhoods" of their offspring shows how supportive they were, even though
>> they knew not what they were supporting.
> 
> Good call. Or at least, I agree.

Who am I to argue?

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Michael F. Stemper
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.