“Our children, when young, are part of ourselves. When they grow up they are just other people.”
“When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffer and also how to grow.”
“These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here”
“When young people grow up....they shine so much that old people want to avert their gaze.”
“We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.”
“If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up.”