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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."
"When you discipline a child you prepare them for a responsible and accountable adulthood."
"Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies."
"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."
"If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away."
"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."
"Sometimes parents don't find what they're looking for it their child, so they plant seeds for what they'd like to grow there instead. I've witnessed this with the former hockey player who takes his son out to skate before he can even walk. Or in the mother who gave up her ballet dreams when she married, but now scrapes her daughter's hair into a bun and watched from the wings of the stage. We are not, as you'd expect, orchestrating their lives; we are not even trying for a second chance. We are hoping that if this one thing takes root, it might take up enough light and space to keep something else from developing in our children: the disappointment we've already lived."
"What is a parent, really, but somebody who picks up the things a child leaves behind - a trail made of stripped off clothing, orphaned shoes, tiny bright plastic game pieces, and nostalgia - and who hands back each of these when its needed?"
"Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'"Rose chuckled."But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out."
Explore more quotes by Elizabeth George
"Prayer and faith are bound together. Faith is the inspiration for prayer, and prayer is the expression of that faith."
"When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life."
"An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God."
"But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration."
"Just as stars shine brightest in the darkest night, your joy blazes brilliantly through life's problems when you count them as joy."
"Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than whatever has taken place in your past."
"When you think on the powerful truths of Scripture, God uses His Word to change your way of thinking."
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