parental impact on children Quotes

A light-heel'd mother makes a heavy-heel'd daughter.

A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the "perfect dad"? I shudder at thinking what that may be.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

As the fathers live, so the children play.

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

It's sad to see that something you have done or the decisions that you have made affect your children in a negative way.

It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do --or don't do.