"It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure."

Family, Children, Parents, Pleasure, Reading

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"It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

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"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

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"My mother is my friendWho shares with me her breadAll my hopelessness cured!Her company makes me secured!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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"All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them. It's what I missed so much when my mother died-what I call your 'spiritual security'-knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"And that is why marriage and family law has emphasized the importance of marriage as the foundation of family, addressing the needs of children in the most positive way."

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"Children are great observers."

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Education

"Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness."

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"Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

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"I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed."

"I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading."

"Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness."

"Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life."

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