Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
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Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.
The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.
I got a fortune cookie that said, "To remember is to understand." I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what it was like to be a lawyer. A good editor remembers being a writer. A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child.
Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates.
The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children.
I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.
When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.
Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.
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