"Part of the thrill of guiding children..." - Quote by Charles R Swindoll
Part of the thrill of guiding children into adulthood is the release. But it's also a parent's greatest act of surrender. Still, you have to let them go. Start now.
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“Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.”
“You can choose to be a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement.”
“Servants must be big people. Big enough to go on, remembering the right and forgetting the wrong.”
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“If parents would only realize how they bore their children.”
“I did all this stuff that was illegal when I was a kid. I drank beer when I was 15. I smoked cigarettes when I was 13. I drove to New York City when I was 14 - don't tell my son. Those things were against the law, but I did them anyway. I didn't become a heroin addict, although I probably could have gotten heroin somehow. I don't think my son would buy heroin at any price. He knows what it is, and he knows how stupid it is.”
“Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted.”
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“India has over 20 percent of the kids born in the world. And they move around a lot.”
“The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.”
“Elena, my four year old, says to me in all seriousness; "Mommy, you need to buy another baby".”