What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

A wise woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these she said is roots, the other, wings. – William Hodding Carter (1907–1972)

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. – Abigail Van Buren

In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck — and, of course, courage. – Bill Cosby, Fatherhood, 1986