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Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours read more
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.
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is read more
Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
Children are poor men's riches.
Children are poor men's riches.
Freeze-Frame -Doc Childre.
Freeze-Frame -Doc Childre.
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.
We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.
