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    It is not the case that Parents and children cannot be true friends.

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    • 1.Aristotle himself recognized that friendships of unequal parties (e.g., benefactor/beneficiary) can be genuine when adjusted by proportional reciprocity.
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    • 2.Parent-child relationships exhibit proportional reciprocity: children return care, loyalty, and filial devotion scaled to their capacity and developmental stage.
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    • 3.If proportional reciprocity suffices for friendship between unequals, strict equality is not a necessary condition for true friendship.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.As children reach adulthood, the power differential characteristic of early parent-child relations substantially diminishes, approaching parity.
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    • 2.If a relationship that begins unequal can evolve into one of near-equality, the claim that inequality 'can never be fully overcome' is empirically and philosophically unsupported.
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    • 3.Philosophers like Cicero in De Amicitia ground friendship in shared history and mutual virtue, both of which adult parent-child bonds can fully satisfy.
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    • 1.True friendship requires equality among the parties involved.
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    • 2.The inequality between parents and their children can never be fully overcome, regardless of the child's contributions to the parent.
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