"When the history of guilt is written,..." - Quote by Erma Bombeck
When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.
More by Erma Bombeck
“My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?”
“If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”
“What makes people laugh? . . . It's a happy marriage between a person who needs to laugh and someone who's got one to give.”
More on Parenting
“I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.”
“Be nice to your children. After all, they are going to choose your nursing home.”
“Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.”
More on Children
“At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.”
“But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.”
“Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold them and love them, nurture and teach them to fullness and leave them to be what they are.”