"Childhood is a kind of Paradise." ~~ M. I. Levensohn
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"At five, your son is your master; at ten, your slave; at fifteen, your double; and after that, he is your friend or foe—depending on how you raised him." ~~ [Based on] Proverbs (Mishle) 13:24
"Wine is the cause of a great deal, and so is childhood." ~~ Talmud, Sota
"O that I had died instead of thee! O Absalom my son, my son! [King David] " ~~ Second Samuel (Shmuel 2) 19:1
"Don’t gossip about the children of others while yours are still growing up." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim
"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. " ~~ Anne Frank
"In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings." ~~ Ann Landers
"In disputes between parents and children, the children always get the upper hand." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"If a man’s wife dies and he has grown-up children, let him not remarry till he marry them off! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around with royal-blue chickens. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Out of the mouths of children and drunkards one may discover the truth." ~~ Ladino Proverb
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