1. The choice is whether the parents give their daughter the "poison" or she does it herself.
2. It is a real choice and it belongs to the daughter. If she doesn't willingly poison herself, her parents are forced to do it.
3. The author used the word poison in the first line to bring to notice the fact that the medicine is not good for the daughter.
4. The author's daughter doesn't think she will live to be eight years old so she feels it's necessary to play with it now. Even though it is harsh, I believe the daughter had a good point.
5. If I knew I wouldn't live to be 30, there would be no more procrastinating and I would do the things I wanted to do.
6. It's necessary to endure or inflict discomfort on someone if it's to fix or improve a part of them.
7. Suffering is a condition of life and love because you have to suffer through the tough things to get to the good things.
8. Emotionally we are responsive to his words because mentally we picture how tough it is and in a way think about ourselves having to go through that situation.
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