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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Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they...

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they...

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything,...

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything,...

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the...

For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same...

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same...

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...

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself....

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself....

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...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

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.

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love,...

I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love,...

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...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to...

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...

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

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...

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them...

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them...