Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a child, I remember I always wanted to make my parents happy and give them everything in their lives.
Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured.
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.
My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Parents have no greater responsibility in this world than the bringing up of their children in the right way, and they will have no greater satisfaction as the years pass than to see those children grow in integrity and honesty and make something of their lives.
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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