Able Quote by Joan Cusack

Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.

— Anne Frank

It's parent's instinct on how they will mold their child's character, knowledge and talent.

— Anonymous

You can't teach children to be good. The best you can do for your child is to live a good life yourself. What a…

— Bruno Bettelheim

“In short, we live with an overriding sense that we have ultimate control over who our kids become when they are adults. We therefore…

— Meg Meeker

Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and identify the…

— Timothy Carey

Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and able to…

— Timothy Olyphant

We pass our values, ideas and moral character on to our children, but we do that knowing that our children are going to revise…

— Alison Gopnik

As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want…

— Spike Jonze

Whether the obstacles your child faces are physical, academic, or social, you want to do everything you can to help. But too often as…

— Cynthia Germanotta

A good character is something you must make for yourself. It cannot be inherited from parents.

— L. Tom Perry

By default I am the good parent. I've used my own personal experience. I came from a world where I was in need and…

— Bob Harper

If your child is going to develop a healthy personality with the capacity to remain intact and grow, she must learn how to test…

— Stanley Greenspan