I knew then that I must survive for something more than survival's sake. I must survive for you. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly, providing privacy and solitude for them, and making them readers and thinkers of significant thoughts from the beginning. That’s if you want to teach them to think.

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Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again. ― W. C. Fields

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We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.

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Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. ― Charles Eastman

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I prefer children because they are honest. They don't want anything from you other than to have fun. Adults have let me down. Adults have let the world down.

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When a child wants to be accepted, he'll do anything. And if it means you're getting a certain amount of notoriety from a fight, that's what you'll do.

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Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who’s crazy about that child

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Raising The Kids ....Running the Family Is A Combined Effort of Both Dad & Mom! ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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