All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

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You know more than you think you do.

You know more than you think you do.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support...

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were...

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have...

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

I'm not a pacifist. I was very much for the war against Hitler and I...

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police...

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

When women are encouraged to be competitive, too many of them become disagreeable.

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he...

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We...

When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We...

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny...

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny...

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.