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    There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter.

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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. -Arab proverb.

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Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter.

Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object. -Laurence J. Peter.

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For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we read more

For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. from Teaching Children to Love, introduction. -Joseph Chilton Pearce.

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Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . read more

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.

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I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example read more

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. Jesse Jackson -Mario Cuomo.

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Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. -Martin Mull.

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Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's read more

Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes.

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Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

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The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will read more

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. -Margaret Fuller.

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