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"My parents were very loving, but disciplinarians."
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"That we shall use every discovery of science in the preservation of our children's health goes without saying; but we shall do more than this - we shall give them a free start, not loading them up with our own ideas and experiences, nor advising them to live according to our lights. We were burned in the fire here and there, but - who knows? - fire may not burn our children, and if we warn them away from it they may end by never growing warm. We will not even inflict our cynicism on them as the sentimentality of our fathers was inflicted on us. The most we will do is urge a little doubt, asking that the doubt be exercised on our ideas as well as on all the mortal things in this world."
"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."
"Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life."
"Disciplining a child is easier than disciplining a grown person, and forgiving a child's insolence is easier than forgiving a grown person's impudence."
"Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people."
"Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower."
"Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John."
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"Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989."
"One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989."
"We are not coaching on a daily basis because we often travel with our charity and commercial interests."
"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet."
"Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition."
"I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age."
"I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends."
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