"Educate the youngster according to his way, then, even when he grows old, he shall not depart from it." ~~ Proverbs 22:6
"Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word “collectible” as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"In pain shall you bear children. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 3:16
"Whoever teachs his son teaches not only his son but also his son’s son—and so on to the end of generations. " ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"No father should give his son the name of a wicked man." ~~ Rashi
"Out of the mouths of children and drunkards one may discover the truth." ~~ Ladino Proverb
"What do you call the grandchildren of intermarried Jews? Christians." ~~ Milton Himmelfarb
"Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do." ~~ Barbara Walters
"No man can enjoy full happiness save with his wife and children." ~~ Isaac Abravanel
"Drunk but not of wine—that is a man in his youth." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"The world exists only because of the innocent breath of schoolchildren." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Even a child makes himself known by his acts. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:11