“An alarming number of parents appear to have little confidence in their ability to "teach" their children. We should help parents understand the overriding importance of incidental teaching in the context of warm, consistent companionship. Such caring is usually the greatest teaching, especially if caring means sharing in the activites of the home.”
“Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully”
“As a good parent or teacher, we should teach our children that failure is an opportunity for improvement and growth, rather than a blockade deterring us from our greatest potential.”
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.”
“Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day.”
“Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.”