"Each child should try to see in..." - Quote by David Viscott
Each child should try to see in his parents the children they previously were. Each parent should try to see in his child the adult he seems to be becoming.
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“Before you decide to have an argument, think about what you really want to accomplish. Do you just want to let your feelings out, or is there a point you are trying to make? What is it?”
“Unfortunately, some parents simply don't love their children. Probably they don't even love themselves. That may be the heart of their problem. Having parents like this is a terrible burden for any child and can shadow him all through life. It can even destroy him.”
“If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.”
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“The practical question, then, is what to do with the children. Tolerate them at home we will not. Let them run loose in the streets we dare not until our streets become safe places for children, which, to our utter shame, they are not at present, though they can hardly be worse than some homes and some schools.”
“Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!”
“It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.”
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“Not by force shall the children learn, but through play”
“Life's aspirations come in the guise of children.”
“Nobody is excused from the excellence trend. Babies are not excused. Starting right after they get out of the womb, modern babies are exposed to instructional flashcards designed to make them the best babies they can possibly be, so they can get into today's competitive preschools. Your eighties baby sees so many flashcards that he never gets an unobstructed view of his parents' faces. As an adult, he'll carry around a little wallet card that says "7x9=63," because it will remind him of mother.”