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“Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then quarrel with them when they are grown up, for having been spoiled; some love them like mothers, and attend only to the bodily health and strength of the hopes of their family, solemnize his birthday, and rejoice, like the subjects of the Great Mogul, at the increase of his bulk: while others, minding, as they think, only essentials, take pains and pleasure to see in their heir, all their favourite weaknesses and imperfections.”

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.”

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Author:Rodney Dangerfield

“Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.”

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Author:Richard Bach

“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”

“All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it.”

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Author:Chaim Potok

“Smile at each other. Smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other- it doesn't matter who it is- and that will help to grow up in greater love for each other.”

“Keep in mind that part of growing up is dealing with difficult issues, and the benefits can be great if you have the courage to ask for help. Human beings are not designed to go through life alone. No one has to bear the burden of tough times all by themselves.”

Ifs Inspirational Mind Humans Helping Asks Difficult Human Beings Family Growing Up Issues Growing Bears Benefits Tough Burden Tough Times

Book:Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned

Source: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned

“The advantage of growing up with siblings is that you become very good at fractions.”

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Author:Robert Breault

“If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others.”

Ifs Inspirational Needs Looks Children Has Beens Enough Helping Home Kids Given Grows Parent Family Growing Up Childhood Secure Welfare Helpful

Author:Joyce Brothers

“My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.”

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Author:Hillary Clinton

“It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.”

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Author:E. L. James

“I don't know where I'm going or what I'm looking for, but you know what? That's okay. It's supposed to be frightening to make your way in the world, to leave your family.”

Family Courage Growing Up Journey Independence Resilience Self Discovery Uncertainty Introspective Life Transitions

Book:The Women

Source: The Women

“Part of growing up involves becoming estranged from one’s birth family. If the family romance is not broken, one never truly grows up.”

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Book:Purnima

Source: Purnima

“Like branches in a tree, we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.”

Life Growth Change Family Growing Up Friends Kassem

Book:Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“FORKED BRANCHES We grew up on the same street, You and me. We went to the same schools, Rode the same bus, Had the same friends, And even shared spaghetti With each other's families. And though our roots belong to The same tree, Our branches have grown In different directions. Our tree, Now resembles a thousand Other trees In a sea of a trillion Other trees With parallel destinies And similar dreams. You cannot envy the branch That grows bigger From the same seed, And you cannot Blame it on the sun's direction. But you still compare us, As if we're still those two Kids at the park Slurping down slushies and Eating ice cream. Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010)”

Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.”

Source: Wealth of Words