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Jenna Bush

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really,
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Jenna Bush is saying that although she sometimes considered how her actions might make her parents feel embarrassed, her parents encouraged her to live her college life freely without worrying about them. She highlights that her parents were focused on her having a typical experience rather than protecting their own feelings.

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