#chi

Genuine love for a child, it seems to me, must include a desire for his maturity and ultimately his independence. WAtching a personality unfold is perhaps the deepest pleasure of parenthood; wishing, or trying, to retard this growth is one of the deepest sins. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#children #family #parenting #parents #love

And the end of this paradox is that only when the child is thus free can he have the proper attachment to his parents; only when we allow his independence can he then freely offer us love and respect, without conflict and without resentment. It is the hardest lesson to learn that the goal of parenthood is not to reign forever but to abdicate gracefully at the right time. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#family #parenting #love

The machines men are so intent on making have carried them very far from the old sweet things. ↗

— Sherwood Anderson

#modernity #nostalgia #men

Love is it's own protection. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#love #marriage #love

The silence stretched out between us as I stared at him, the tears blurring my vision as I waited for him to save me from this torment. Surely he could find a way. ↗

— Kathryn Michaels

#breastmilk #childbirth #hero #hope #husband

Some stories are rooted in adventure, some in strife. Others are born of the heart, and the horrors and the joys locked therein are often immeasurable, and make us truly wonder what became of those children we once were. ↗

— David E. Hilton

#inspirational #nostalgic #somber #inspirational

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#continual #discipline #everyday #helping #i

This is my life's work. It is a user's manual to the human being, a parenting book ... and how to be the best you can be. ↗

— Faye Snyder

#children #inspirational #parenting #psychology #inspirational

The perfect marriage, like the perfect body, is mythical. I never met a woman who's said she has the perfect marriage or the perfect body...There's always something lacking. -- Virgin Bride ↗

— Jhoomur Bose

#confessionally-yours #indian-writing #marriage #marriage

Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#enjoy #future #happens #neither #nor