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Of them all, it was the true love. Of them all, it was the best. That other sumptuous love which made one drunk, which one longed for, envied, believed in, that was not life. It was what life was seeking; it was a suspension of life. But to be close to a child, for whom one spent everything, whose life was protected and nourished by one's own, to have that child beside one, at peace, was the real, the deepest, the only joy. ↗

— James Salter

#love #parental-love #life

If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child. ↗

— Jane Gardam

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If you want to know what your child is doing, look at their friends, they wouldn't be friends with them if they weren't doing the same things. ↗

— Catie Hartsfield

#parental-guidance #parental-love #love

If you want people to love you for who you are, take the mask off ↗

— Martin Suarez

#honesty #mask #original #transparency #transparent

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully, that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him. He helped and comforted me, and showed me that I must try to practise all the virtues I would have my little girls possess, for I was their example. It was easier for your sakes than for my own; a startled or surprised look from one of you, when I spoke sharply, rebuked me more than any words could have done; and the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#parenting #inspirational

Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attention you wanted from your parents while growing up. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#bad-parenting #beating #inspirational-quotes #jonathan-anthony-burkett #kids

My children taught me the true meaning of unconditional love. ↗

— Yvonne Pierre

#down-syndrome #inspirational #parent #parenting #special-needs

A parent's words maybe a little harsh and painful, but it will be their annoying redundant words of love and care that will mold us into a better person. ↗

— Rea Erika Paraz Ebate

#inspirational #parenting #young-adult #inspirational

The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace? ↗

— Ann Voskamp

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Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all? ↗

— Betty Friedan

#feminism #housekeeping #inspirational #marriage #parenting