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When I was a
kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian, Actor
Discipline is
a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there
is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a
child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If
you have never been hated by your child, you have never been
a parent.
-- Bette Davis
1908-1989, American Actress,
Producer
It might sound
a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a
generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental
time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed
you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making
those impositions on you that are in the end both the
training ground and proving ground for true independence. We
pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to
avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true
strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in
order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging
effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind
and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing
up that while you were the most indulged generation, you
were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager
devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.
-- Midge Decter
1927-, American Author,
Editor, Social Critic
Hugs can do
great amounts of good -- especially for children.
-- Princess of Wales Diana
1961-1997, Wife of Charles,
Prince of Wales
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Always be nice
to your children because they are the ones who will choose
your rest home.
-- Phyllis Diller
1861-1951, American Columnist
Children are
not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us
temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a
foundation of values on which their future lives will be
built.
-- Dr. James C. Dobson
American Psychologist, Author
Don't throw
away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that
has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of
real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your
big guns for those crucial confrontations.
-- Dr. James C. Dobson
American Psychologist, Author
You should
study not only that you become a mother when your child is
born, but also that you become a child.
-- Dogen
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