"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."

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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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"I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

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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

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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."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"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

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"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

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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."

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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."

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