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"There was a danger in asking too much of a child, but the danger of asking too little was almost equal."

"Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves."

"When you discipline a child you prepare them for a responsible and accountable adulthood."

"A parents wishes for their children shouldn't be to be as good as them but to surpass their own abilities and hopefully lead to a better world."

"Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies."

"I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't."

"When my son Nick was five years old, he was sitting at the kitchen bar while I prepared dinner. In typical busy mother fashion, I was multitasking-cooking, cleaning, running the laundry, answering the phone, and attempting to listen to what he had to say."

"If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away."

"We pretend that we know our children, because it's easier than admitting the truth--from the minute that cord is cut, they are strangers. It's far easier to tell yourself your daughter is still a little girl than to see her in a bikini and realize she has the curves of a young woman; it's safer to say you're a good parent who has all the right conversations about drugs and sex than to acknowledge there are a thousand things she would never tell you."
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"It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day."

"I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you."

"If you catch yourself wondering why you want more of the world and you're not satisfied with God, it's because you have a spiritual problem."

"Training is an active, dynamic process lived out daily in all areas of life- not a rote exercise in memorizing verses and going to church every week."

"When you believe marriage is your answer, you'll often give something that eventually hurts you both."

"One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others."

"Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worry about sorting it out later."

"I can promise you this: If you really, sincerely, genuinely want God back, He hasn't moved. He's still there, just like always, ready to bear-hug you again, just like in the old days."
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