“It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
“If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.”
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
― Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
“Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don’t we, we clasp them until the blood flows.”
― The Girl with No Shadow
― The Girl with No Shadow
“Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones.”
― Black and Blue
― Black and Blue
“It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
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