And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“A child owes respect to a parent, but there is no natural obligation to like a parent - unless the parent makes… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Parents should learn to stop nagging their children about how well they could do “if you only tried more, or cared more.”… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that an immense number of people who have children should not have them, and do not particularly want them,… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“In a real sense, all of us are “the parents” of all young children - because we help shape the culture and… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
American parents, on the whole, do not want their sons to be artisans or craftsmen, but business or professional people. As a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“And the end of this paradox is that only when the child is thus free can he have the proper attachment to… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“Genuine love for a child, it seems to me, must include a desire for his maturity and ultimately his independence. WAtching a… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
This is a lesson mankind has not yet learned. We identify, and stratify, and treat persons largely on the basis of their accidental (physical)… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The profound immoralities of our time are cruelty, indifference, injustice and the use of others as means rather than ends in themselves. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“...it calls for deciding things on their own merit, not because you read it or were told it or grew up believing it.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Time is love, above all else. It is the most precious commodity in the world and should be lavished on those we care most… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“The cynic is goodhearted beneath his facade, whereas the sentimentalist is flint-hearted beneath his.” — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
