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40 Parenting Lessons We've Learned From Popular TV Shows Like Friends and Gilmore Girls
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You can be your child's best friend.

And if they'll let you be that type of person in their life, being able to still parent them at the same time with the trust of a friendship will make your relationship even stronger, like Lorelai and Rory's was.

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