“There is no parent more vulnerable to the excesses of overparenting than an unhappy parent. One of the most important things we do for our children is to present them with a version of adult life that is appealing and worth striving for.”

“At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.”

“Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day.”

“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.”

“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.”

“First we are children to our parents, then parents to our children, then parents to our parents, then children to our children”