~ Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. ~
~ The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears. ~
~ Adolescence is perhaps nature's way of preparing parents to welcome the empty nest. ~
~ The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children. ~
~ The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.
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~ For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
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~ Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same.
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~ It is a wise father that knows his own child.
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~ To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
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~ Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. ~
~ My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years. ~
~ The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. ~