“There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.”
“Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated with the spirit from which they came- out of the ether, clean, innocent, brimming with the delight of life, aware of the beauty of the simplest thing; a snail, a bud....”
“Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.”
“I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.Deborah Norville”
“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
“Children should be witnesses of parental affection.”