Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

Quote by Bill Cosby

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The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.

The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father...

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love...

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love...

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any...

All men should freely use those seven words which have the power to make any...

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to...

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to...

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and...

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of...

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of...

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first.

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all...

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all...

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the...

A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the...

When you become senile, you won't know it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once...

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once...

Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from...

If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from...

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is...

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is...

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally,...

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally,...