"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you."

Family, Children, Worry

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"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you."

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"Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up."

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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

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Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood."

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Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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