Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you. -- Daniel Raeburn

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There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.
-- Anatole Broyard

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Parenting: the act of doing for another only what that one cannot possibly do for himself or herself.-- Bill Purdin

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
-- Mark Twain