“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.”
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“Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.”
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“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
“Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.”
“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.”
“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.”
“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”
“How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.”
“I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.”
“Parenting is an impossible job at any age.”
“In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends.”
“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.”
“Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.”
“I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.”
“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.”
“It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.”
“Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.”
“I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.”
“It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.”
“Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.”
“My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.”
“I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.”
“The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.”
“Education, like neurosis, begins at home.”