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Parents

«Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him»
Author: Danish Proverb | About: Parents, Relatives | Keywords: fox, relatives
«Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.»
«Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.»
«Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.»
«They all disowned their parents long ago, the way you are supposed to»
Author: Margaret Atwood (Writer) | About: Parents | Keywords: disowned, disowns, long ago
«Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.»
Author: Ogden Nash (Writer) | About: Parents | Keywords: ignore, invented
«There is no greater reason for children to honour parents than for parents to honour children except, that while the children are young, the parents are stronger than children.»
Author: Bertrand Russell (Logician, Philosopher) | About: Parents | Keywords: honour
«Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes»
Author: Chinese Proverbs | About: Parents | Keywords: foot, On Your Toes, parents, step on, toes
«The job of rearing a child consists of making conscious activities unconscious.»
«Respect for one's parents is the highest duty of civil life.»
Author: Proverb | About: Parents, Respect | Keywords: civil

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