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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.
But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment read more
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. More youth quotes coming soon. If you have a quote, proverb or saying about youth that you would like to be posted on this page please use the 'Submit a Quote' form below. -Unknown.
Children are poor men's riches.
Children are poor men's riches.
Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.
Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.
There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.
There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.
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.
I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw read more
I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw this kid up.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
