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There’s a piece circulating the Internet now called “When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking.” It’s attributed to “a former child,” so I don’t know whom to credit. It begins with, “When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.” It’s about the things we inadvertently ‘teach’ our kids.