If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

Quote by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Topics: Housework Quotes

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes...

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes...

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to...

Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to...

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters' lengthening flight.

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because...

Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because...

A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.

A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.

America is a nation fundamentally ambivalent about its children, often afraid of its children, and...

America is a nation fundamentally ambivalent about its children, often afraid of its children, and...

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections,...

If the family were a fruit, it would be an orange, a circle of sections,...

There are two kinds of fathers in traditional households: the fathers of sons and the...

There are two kinds of fathers in traditional households: the fathers of sons and the...

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother...

I cannot forget my mother, she is my bridge.

I cannot forget my mother, she is my bridge.

What children take from us, they give. We become people who feel more deeply, question...

What children take from us, they give. We become people who feel more deeply, question...

What the daughter does, the mother did.

What the daughter does, the mother did.

Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometimes, though,...

Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometimes, though,...

Ability is what will get you to the top if the boss has no daughter.

Ability is what will get you to the top if the boss has no daughter.

Who fed me from her gentle breast and hushed me in her arms to rest,...

Who fed me from her gentle breast and hushed me in her arms to rest,...

As mother loves her daughter more than her life

As mother loves her daughter more than her life

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.

A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.

A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.

A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.