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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its...

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its...

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...

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...

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican...

That married couples can live together day after day is a miracle that the Vatican...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with...

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the...

The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate 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 am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the...

I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the...

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...

Old is always fifteen years from now.

Old is always fifteen years from now.

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

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