For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. from Teaching Children to Love, introduction. -Joseph Chilton Pearce.
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My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.
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Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter.
Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter.
Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.
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You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.
You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. -Peter Ustinov.
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. -Peter Ustinov.
There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green.
There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green.
