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    It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental time --but the truth is that we neglected you. We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end both the training ground and proving ground for true independence. We pronounced you strong when you were still weak in order to avoid the struggles with you that would have fed your true strength. We proclaimed you sound when you were foolish in order to avoid taking part in the long, slow, slogging effort that is the only route to genuine maturity of mind and feeling. Thus, it was no small anomaly of your growing up that while you were the most indulged generation, you were also in many ways the most abandoned to your own meager devices by those into whose safe-keeping you had been given.

    by Midge Decter Found in Children / youth Quotes,
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Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of read more

Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn. -Tom Savage.

by Tom Savage Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids--they've all grown up.

by Christophermorley Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is read more

Abortion is a skillfully marketed product sold to women at a crisis time in their life. If the product is defective, she can't return it for a refund.

by Carol Evertt Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight read more

What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.

by Georges Bernanos Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll read more

I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.

by Socrates Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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The child is father of the man.

The child is father of the man.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Children / youth Sayings, General Sayings,
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Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. read more

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [Proverbs 22:15].

by Bible Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.

by Monta Crane Found in: Children / youth Quotes,
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