~ Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. ~
~ Children learn to smile from their parents. ~
~ Some parents really bring their children up; others let them down ~
~ Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.
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~ By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
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~ The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.
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~ Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~
~ Your children need your presence more than your presents. ~
~ The values indicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likeableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weakness and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values. ~
~ Parents who are always giving their children nothing but the best usually wind up with nothing but the worst ~
~ If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either. ~