"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

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"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."

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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."

Robin Hobb, American Author

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"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."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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

Gift Gugu Mona, South African Motivational Speaker

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"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."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

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

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

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"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."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Parenting, Reflection, Self, Emotion

"Babies don't come with instruction booklets. You'd learn the same way we all do -- you'd read up on dinosaurs, you'd Google backhoes and skidders. And you don't need a penis to go buy a baseball glove."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Parenting, Learning, Life, Curiosity

"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."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Parenting, Life, Truth, Power, Inspirational

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

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Parenting, Growth, Independence, Life

"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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"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."

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"Babies don't come with instruction booklets. You'd learn the same way we all do -- you'd read up on dinosaurs, you'd Google backhoes and skidders. And you don't need a penis to go buy a baseball glove."

"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."

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"We are not as important to most people as we are to ourselves. As a matter of fact, we are-to most people-not important at all."

"Being in a hurry is the father of stress and worry."

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"In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer's yard."

"Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours."

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