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There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.
There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being read more
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.".
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as read more
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.
