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Parenting Quotes by Dennis Prager

19 Parenting quotes by Dennis Prager

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Dennis Prager often frames life’s big questions in accessible terms, and these nineteen reflections on parenting do the same. He offers a blend of moral reflection and practical guidance that feels grounded, aiming to help readers think more clearly about the responsibilities of raising children.

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Repetition is the mother of pedagogy

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Climate change is the mother of all hysterias of the Left

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“If your parents bring you no shame, be very grateful. If you're proud of them, celebrate.”

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There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil

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Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals.

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Everyone of us plays 'tapes' from our parents until we die. That's why it's so important to talk good values to your…

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From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason…

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“Sigmund Freud, the father of psychiatry and an atheist, theorized that one’s attitude toward one’s father largely shaped one’s attitude toward God.”

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“No matter how old you are, as long as a parent is alive, you are still a child. It is only after…

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Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating,…

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Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if…

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To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to…

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“If you build a society in which children honor their parents, your society will long survive. And the corollary is: A society…

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A decent person does not alienate children from a parent, no matter how angry they are at the parent for the divorce.…

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I do think that the badmouthing and alienating of a child from a parent is one of the few unforgivable sins. I…

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“Neither the Ten Commandments nor the Bible elsewhere commands us to love our parents. This is particularly striking given that the Bible…

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“If you build a society in which children honor their parents, your society will long survive. And the corollary is: a society…

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“A father and a mother who are not honored are essentially adult peers of their children. They are not parents. No generation…

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Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating,…

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Nothing more guarantees the erosion of character than getting something for nothing. In the liberal welfare state, one develops an entitlement mentality. And the…

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The biggest battle in life is with yourself

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The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.

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The Left will destroy what is good to try to make what is perfect. That is the motto of the Left

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“The poor who commit murder, rape and robbery are not only not starving, they have far more material things than the word ‘poverty’ suggests.”

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“When it comes to fighting evil, the left is almost pacifist.”

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When you are guaranteed you will win, you can take very inflammatory, very extreme positions. If you have to run in a district where…

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America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on,

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If they [liberals] didn't believe we were mean spirited they couldn't stay liberal. They have to believe they mean better than us, but we…

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“From Marx until today, victim groups have played an indispensable role in Leftist success. Without victim groups, the Left cannot succeed.”

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Good and happy people who believe in God are the greatest living arguments for God's existence

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