I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
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I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just… — Lola Kirke Copy Share Image
“Many “older” children go through life either secretly or openly hating their parents. They blame them for past abuses, neglect, or favoritism… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image
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Children cannot be fooled by empty praise and condescending encouragement. They may have to accept artificial bolstering of their self-esteem in lieu… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
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I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
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You bring your children onto this earth thinking, 'Okay, I want to make sure that by that time, I'm gonna be good… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours";… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“in every moment when you are parenting, you are being parented. In every moment when you are called to give grace, you… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
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I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I was the only child, and I know my father had certain thoughts about me. He was a lawyer and extremely literary,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
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It's a form of bullying, in my opinion, to make sure that your kid gets the best grades, the best jobs and… — Nick Vujicic Copy Share Image
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What I've found in my life with our children is that often you can give them advice and tell them to eat… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“This, you see, is the true danger of children: they are ambushes, each and every one of them. A person may look… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
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But then as time passed, I learned the lesson that parents do early on. You fail sometimes. No matter how much you… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
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