Validity of Tolstoy’s Quote

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All in all, happy families are the same because the reasons of their happiness aren't really relevant - what matters is that they are happy. Unhappy families, on the other hand, each have a story of their own, different reasons for being unhappy, causes which need a lot of thought and work to fight the consequences. Consequences such as financial problems, rude and unruly behavior in teens, and stepfamilies have known to be one of the most common factors of unhappy families. So Tolstoy’s quote, “All happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” is valid because all families with no faults are the same and every happy family that even lack one of the faults is eventually an unhappy family.

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