"Children grow up, parents grow old." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"A man should not quarrel with his wife to please his parents." ~~ Sefer Chassidim
"The good deeds of parents are a happy augury for their children." ~~ Talmud, Sota
"The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything against time with your child." ~~ Debra Winger
"Don’t threaten a child: either punish him or forgive him." ~~ Talmud
"Who circumcises his son is as though he offered all the sacrifices to the Lord." ~~ Zohar, Genesis
"We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. " ~~ Phyllis Diller
"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
"O that I had died instead of thee! O Absalom my son, my son! [King David] " ~~ Second Samuel (Shmuel 2) 19:1
"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
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