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> [ Not only do our wives need support, but our children need our deep involvement in their lives. If this period \[the early years\] ofprimitive needs and primitive caretaking passes without us, it is lost forever. We can be involved in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/not-only-do-our-wives-need-support-but-our-children-need-our-deep/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

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## More by Augustus Napier

> [The ubiquitous and acutely conscious presence of our adolescents is a major problem, especially since much of their consciousnessseems to be focused on sexuality--ours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/the-ubiquitous-and-acutely-conscious-presence-of-our-adolescents-is-a/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

> [We are intensely loyal to our parents. In spite of the pain we experienced at our parent's hands, we cling tenaciously to their views…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/we-are-intensely-loyal-to-our-parents-in-spite-of-the-pain-we/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

> [As we try to change, we will discover within us a fierce struggle between our loyalty to that battle-scarred victim of his own childhood,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/as-we-try-to-change-we-will-discover-within-us-a-fierce-struggle/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

> [Parenting is a profoundly reciprocal process: we, the shapers of our children's lives, are also being shaped. As we struggle to beparents, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/parenting-is-a-profoundly-reciprocal-process-we-the-shapers-of-our/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

> [ Not only do our wives need support, but our children need our deep involvement in their lives. If this period \[the early years\] ofprimitive… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/not-only-do-our-wives-need-support-but-our-children-need-our-deep/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

> [Even if fathers are more benignly helpful, and even if they spend time with us teaching us what they know, rarely do they tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustus-napier/even-if-fathers-are-more-benignly-helpful-and-even-if-they-spend-time/)

[Augustus Napier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustus-napier/)

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