"Good kids are like sunsets. We take..." - Quote by Erma Bombeck
Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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“When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.”
“I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.”
“If I raised my hand to wipe the hair out of my children's eyes, they'd flinch and call their attorney.”
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“We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.”
“How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them.”
“We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair.”
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“My mother and her plans for my future. She had it all worked out. I would attend a nice college, then get a job in advertising. "You'll be one of those smart-looking fellows in their Madison Avenue suits." And I rebelled against [my mother] and her values and her plans for my future at every opportunity.”
“I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It's the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.”
“To a child, 'love' is spelled T-I-M-E.”