Second Childhood Quotes (3 quotes)

“Parent may hinder their children's marriage; but children cannot interfere with the insane acts of their parents in their second childhood.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Cousin Bette

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“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“With old age comes the risk of demotion to childhood.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: childhood, dependence, dependent, independence, independent, old, old-age, old-age-home, second-childhood, youth

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