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  1. A quotation from Steven Levitt

    No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared.

    Steven Levitt (b. 1967) American economist and author
    Freakonomics, ch. 5 “What Makes A Perfect Parent?” (2005) [with Stephen Dubner]

    More about this quote: wist.info/levitt-steven/69301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #freakonomics #advice #childraising #childrearing #children #fear #fearmongering #parent #parenting #protection #responsibility #scare

  2. A quotation from Steven Levitt

    No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared.

    Steven Levitt (b. 1967) American economist and author
    Freakonomics, ch. 5 “What Makes A Perfect Parent?” (2005) [with Stephen Dubner]

    More about this quote: wist.info/levitt-steven/69301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #freakonomics #advice #childraising #childrearing #children #fear #fearmongering #parent #parenting #protection #responsibility #scare

  3. A quotation from Steven Levitt

    No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared.

    Steven Levitt (b. 1967) American economist and author
    Freakonomics, ch. 5 “What Makes A Perfect Parent?” (2005) [with Stephen Dubner]

    More about this quote: wist.info/levitt-steven/69301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #freakonomics #advice #childraising #childrearing #children #fear #fearmongering #parent #parenting #protection #responsibility #scare

  4. A quotation from Steven Levitt

    No one is more susceptible to an experts fearmongering than a parent. Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. A parent, after all, is the steward of another creature’s life, a creature who in the beginning is more helpless than the newborn of nearly any other species. This leads a lot of parents to spend a lot of their parenting energy simply being scared.

    Steven Levitt (b. 1967) American economist and author
    Freakonomics, ch. 5 “What Makes A Perfect Parent?” (2005) [with Stephen Dubner]

    More about this quote: wist.info/levitt-steven/69301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #freakonomics #advice #childraising #childrearing #children #fear #fearmongering #parent #parenting #protection #responsibility #scare

  5. "For the longest time, guides about raising #children had a long shelf life. Had #Rashi written a commentary on how to raise children in 1080, it would likely be just as relevant in 1580.

    In contrast to past decades when #parenting guides remained relevant for generations, today’s society changes so quickly that old #childrearing advice often loses value. This shift is evident in Inside the #Teenage Mind: Raising an #Orthodox #Teen in the 21st Century (#MosaicaPress) by #Rabbi #DavidSchlusselberg, a book that addresses the unique challenges parents face in raising Orthodox #teenagers today."

    blogs.timesofisrael.com/book-r

  6. A quotation from Jung

    Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.

    Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist
    Lecture (1929-06), “Paracelsus,” Literary Club of Zurich, Paracelsus House, Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland [tr. Hull (1966)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/jung-carl/82671/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carljung #jung #childrearing #children #environment #household #parenting #parents #potential #regret #upbringing #potential #mighthavebeen #whatif

  7. A quotation from Jung

    Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.

    Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist
    Lecture (1929-06), “Paracelsus,” Literary Club of Zurich, Paracelsus House, Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland [tr. Hull (1966)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/jung-carl/82671/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carljung #jung #childrearing #children #environment #household #parenting #parents #potential #regret #upbringing #potential #mighthavebeen #whatif

  8. A quotation from Jung

    Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.

    Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist
    Lecture (1929-06), “Paracelsus,” Literary Club of Zurich, Paracelsus House, Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland [tr. Hull (1966)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/jung-carl/82671/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carljung #jung #childrearing #children #environment #household #parenting #parents #potential #regret #upbringing #potential #mighthavebeen #whatif

  9. A quotation from Jung

    Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.

    Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist
    Lecture (1929-06), “Paracelsus,” Literary Club of Zurich, Paracelsus House, Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland [tr. Hull (1966)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/jung-carl/82671/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carljung #jung #childrearing #children #environment #household #parenting #parents #potential #regret #upbringing #potential #mighthavebeen #whatif

  10. A quotation from Jung

    Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.

    Carl Jung (1875-1961) Swiss psychologist
    Lecture (1929-06), “Paracelsus,” Literary Club of Zurich, Paracelsus House, Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland [tr. Hull (1966)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/jung-carl/82671/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carljung #jung #childrearing #children #environment #household #parenting #parents #potential #regret #upbringing #potential #mighthavebeen #whatif

  11. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    If you tell children that they ought to be affectionate, you run the risk of producing cant and humbug. But if you make them happy and free, if you surround them with kindness, you will find that they become spontaneously friendly with everybody, and that almost everybody responds by being friendly with them. A trustful affectionate disposition justifies itself, because it gives irresistible charm, and creates the response which it expects. This is one of the most important results to be expected from the right education of character.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 11 “Affection and Sympathy” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #character #childrearing #children #education #goodexample #instruction #kindness #learning #parenting #setanexample

  12. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    If you tell children that they ought to be affectionate, you run the risk of producing cant and humbug. But if you make them happy and free, if you surround them with kindness, you will find that they become spontaneously friendly with everybody, and that almost everybody responds by being friendly with them. A trustful affectionate disposition justifies itself, because it gives irresistible charm, and creates the response which it expects. This is one of the most important results to be expected from the right education of character.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 11 “Affection and Sympathy” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #character #childrearing #children #education #goodexample #instruction #kindness #learning #parenting #setanexample

  13. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    If you tell children that they ought to be affectionate, you run the risk of producing cant and humbug. But if you make them happy and free, if you surround them with kindness, you will find that they become spontaneously friendly with everybody, and that almost everybody responds by being friendly with them. A trustful affectionate disposition justifies itself, because it gives irresistible charm, and creates the response which it expects. This is one of the most important results to be expected from the right education of character.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 11 “Affection and Sympathy” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #character #childrearing #children #education #goodexample #instruction #kindness #learning #parenting #setanexample

  14. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    If you tell children that they ought to be affectionate, you run the risk of producing cant and humbug. But if you make them happy and free, if you surround them with kindness, you will find that they become spontaneously friendly with everybody, and that almost everybody responds by being friendly with them. A trustful affectionate disposition justifies itself, because it gives irresistible charm, and creates the response which it expects. This is one of the most important results to be expected from the right education of character.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 11 “Affection and Sympathy” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #character #childrearing #children #education #goodexample #instruction #kindness #learning #parenting #setanexample

  15. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    If you tell children that they ought to be affectionate, you run the risk of producing cant and humbug. But if you make them happy and free, if you surround them with kindness, you will find that they become spontaneously friendly with everybody, and that almost everybody responds by being friendly with them. A trustful affectionate disposition justifies itself, because it gives irresistible charm, and creates the response which it expects. This is one of the most important results to be expected from the right education of character.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Good Life, Part 2, ch. 11 “Affection and Sympathy” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #affection #character #childrearing #children #education #goodexample #instruction #kindness #learning #parenting #setanexample

  16. A quotation from Jean Kerr

    We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

    Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
    Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

    More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82455/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #childrearing #children #parenting #psychiatrist #rejection #trauma

  17. A quotation from Jean Kerr

    We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

    Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
    Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

    More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82455/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #childrearing #children #parenting #psychiatrist #rejection #trauma

  18. A quotation from Jean Kerr

    We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

    Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
    Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

    More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82455/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #childrearing #children #parenting #psychiatrist #rejection #trauma

  19. A quotation from Jean Kerr

    We are being very careful with our children. They’ll never have to pay a psychiatrist twenty-five dollars an hour to find out why we rejected them. We’ll tell them why we rejected them. Because they’re impossible, that’s why.

    Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
    Essay (1957), “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

    More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82455/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #childrearing #children #parenting #psychiatrist #rejection #trauma

  20. A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

    The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

    Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
    On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

    More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

  21. A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

    The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

    Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
    On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

    More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

  22. A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

    The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

    Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
    On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

    More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

  23. A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

    The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

    Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
    On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

    More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

  24. A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

    The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

    Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
    On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

    More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

  25. A quotation from Simone de Beauvoir

    It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself.
     
    [C’est effrayant de penser qu’on marque ses enfants rien que par ce qu’on est.]

    Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French author, existentialist philosopher, feminist theorist
    Les Belles Images, ch. 3 (1966) [tr. O’Brian (1968)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/beauvoir-simone-de/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #simonedebeauvoir #beyourself #candor #childrearing #children #honesty #impact #parenting

  26. A quotation from Anna Quindlen

    If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting — often unwilling — recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

    Anna Quindlen (b. 1953) American journalist, novelist
    Article (1991-08-07), “Public & Private: Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times

    More about this quote: wist.info/quindlen-anna/10605/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #AnnaQuindlen #books #childrearing #children #decorating #library #parenting #reading

  27. A quotation from Anna Quindlen

    If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting — often unwilling — recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

    Anna Quindlen (b. 1953) American journalist, novelist
    Article (1991-08-07), “Public & Private: Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times

    More about this quote: wist.info/quindlen-anna/10605/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #AnnaQuindlen #books #childrearing #children #decorating #library #parenting #reading

  28. A quotation from Anna Quindlen

    If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting — often unwilling — recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

    Anna Quindlen (b. 1953) American journalist, novelist
    Article (1991-08-07), “Public & Private: Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times

    More about this quote: wist.info/quindlen-anna/10605/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #AnnaQuindlen #books #childrearing #children #decorating #library #parenting #reading

  29. A quotation from Anna Quindlen

    If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting — often unwilling — recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

    Anna Quindlen (b. 1953) American journalist, novelist
    Article (1991-08-07), “Public & Private: Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times

    More about this quote: wist.info/quindlen-anna/10605/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #AnnaQuindlen #books #childrearing #children #decorating #library #parenting #reading

  30. A quotation from Anna Quindlen

    If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting — often unwilling — recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that. I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

    Anna Quindlen (b. 1953) American journalist, novelist
    Article (1991-08-07), “Public & Private: Enough Bookshelves,” New York Times

    More about this quote: wist.info/quindlen-anna/10605/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #AnnaQuindlen #books #childrearing #children #decorating #library #parenting #reading

  31. A quotation from G. K. Chesterson

    For there are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) English journalist and writer
    Essay (1921-10-15), “Child Psychology and Nonsense,” closing words, Illustrated London News, “Our Notebook” column

    More info about this quote: wist.info/chesterton-gilbert-k…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #chesterton #gkchesterton #academia #amusement #childpsychology #childrearing #literature #education #fun #imagination #nonsense #nurseryrhymes #pedagogy #pomposity #psychology

  32. A quotation from G. K. Chesterson

    For there are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) English journalist and writer
    Essay (1921-10-15), “Child Psychology and Nonsense,” closing words, Illustrated London News, “Our Notebook” column

    More info about this quote: wist.info/chesterton-gilbert-k…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #chesterton #gkchesterton #academia #amusement #childpsychology #childrearing #literature #education #fun #imagination #nonsense #nurseryrhymes #pedagogy #pomposity #psychology

  33. A quotation from G. K. Chesterson

    For there are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) English journalist and writer
    Essay (1921-10-15), “Child Psychology and Nonsense,” closing words, Illustrated London News, “Our Notebook” column

    More info about this quote: wist.info/chesterton-gilbert-k…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #chesterton #gkchesterton #academia #amusement #childpsychology #childrearing #literature #education #fun #imagination #nonsense #nurseryrhymes #pedagogy #pomposity #psychology

  34. A quotation from G. K. Chesterson

    For there are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into nursery rhymes. The other is to put nonsense in the wrong place; as when they put it into educational addresses, psychological criticisms, and complaints against nursery rhymes or other normal amusements of mankind.

    Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) English journalist and writer
    Essay (1921-10-15), “Child Psychology and Nonsense,” closing words, Illustrated London News, “Our Notebook” column

    More info about this quote: wist.info/chesterton-gilbert-k…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #chesterton #gkchesterton #academia #amusement #childpsychology #childrearing #literature #education #fun #imagination #nonsense #nurseryrhymes #pedagogy #pomposity #psychology

  35. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords; and the little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1881), “Virginibus Puerisque, Part 2”

    More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #battleofthesexes #catchwords #childrearing #education #genderroles #humannature #indoctrination #language #pedagogy #sexroles #sexism

  36. A quotation from John Adams

    It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1775-10-29) to Abigail Adams

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/78363/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #inspiration #childrearing #childraising #children #guidance #parenting #teaching

  37. A quotation from John Adams

    It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1775-10-29) to Abigail Adams

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/78363/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #inspiration #childrearing #childraising #children #guidance #parenting #teaching

  38. A quotation from John Adams

    It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1775-10-29) to Abigail Adams

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/78363/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #inspiration #childrearing #childraising #children #guidance #parenting #teaching

  39. A quotation from John Adams

    It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1775-10-29) to Abigail Adams

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  40. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    There’s no way to repay a mother’s love, or lack of it.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1966)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

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  41. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    If your children spend most of their time in other people’s houses, you’re lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you’re blessed.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1966)

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  42. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1966)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

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  43. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    Our children know we lie to them, but not — thank God — how much.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

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  44. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    Our children know we lie to them, but not — thank God — how much.

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 2 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/76…

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