“Consciously or not, all parents act in ways that encourage their children to follow in their footsteps.”

“The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.”

“We feel so much pride and joy when our children follow in our footsteps. Let’s make sure our footsteps are worthy enough for them to follow.”

“Following my mother's footsteps was the surest way out.”

“After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty.”

“We all know that parents do not make children but that children make parents…Authentic parenting is one long sacrificial act…parenting reveals the way that sacrifice at once diminishes our life as we knew it…while at the same time revealing to us larger and infinitely more fascinating forms of life…Parents know experientially that the very process which makes them suffer also makes them grow.”