"Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur."

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"Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur."

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"Then Siddhartha began to understand that his son had not brought him happiness and peace, but suffering and worry. But he loved him, and he preferred the suffering and worries of love over happiness and joy without the boy."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Parenting, Love, Son, Pain, Happiness

"One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children's day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: 'I see you; I notice you; I love you.'"

Molly Friedenfeld, American Author

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"Parents' transmit their attitude towards education to children via soundless, aphonic messages."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents had a full and intricate existence before you were born."

Ian McEwan, British Author

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"Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived lives of the parents."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Parenting, Influence, Psychology, Truth

"It's so awful, attacking your child. It's the worse thing I know, to shout loudly at this 50 lb. being with his huge trusting brown eyes. It's like bitch-slapping E.T."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Parenting, Anger, Children, Guilt

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Parenting, Truth, Life, Power, Wisdom

"The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they've held their own peace?"

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Parenting, Self-Discipline, Peace, Leadership

"Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it."

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman

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"Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life."

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"The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor."

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"Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time."

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"Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate."

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