It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.

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It takes less than a minute to make a baby, but more than a decade to make a being.― Abhijit Naskar

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Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued. — Frank Pittman

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There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.

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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.

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It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime. ― Mandy Hale

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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. ― Henry Ward Beecher

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As fathers, we know that our children need our love and need our guidance and need our faith in them. We know that our children need from us what only we as fathers can provide them. ― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: He believed in me. — Jim Valvano

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