Quotes About Upbringing

Writing isn't particularly different from hibernation. Perhaps I made a drowsy impression, but in the bear's den of my brain, I was giving birth to my own childhood and secretly attending to its upbringing.

been raised rather successfully

its almost as if he was raised by wolves, but wolves who knew the value of a decent education.

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

Was he a good father?" To their surprise, I shake my head and smile. "No," I reply candidly. "He wasn't a good father, but he was a good man." Where Dad came from, that meant a great deal more.

What virtue is there in a man who demonstrates goodness because he has been bred to it? It is his habit from youth. But a man who has known unkindness and want, for him to be kind and charitable to those who have been the cause of his misfortunes, that is a virtuous man.

Children know nothing beyond the upbringing they have. It is only adults who regret what they lacked.

we learned about power and powerlessness from our mothers and fathers first, right? And they learned from their mothers and fathers, and so on and so on? Fix that shit.

Once a baby is born, the parents have around one and a half decades to build his or her character and fill the mind with vigour and virtues.

I grew up in beautiful Carmel, California, and I have extremely sweet parents that always loved nature and animals. They instilled such an appreciation for beauty and kindness that it was inherent.

I grew up in them streets, like everyone else but instead of pushin' drugs, I pushed knowledge of self

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

My father would take me to the playground, and put me on mood swings.

When he was a little boy his mother kept him in dresses and long curls; then she dressed him in Scottish regalia. Eventually, at the age of seven, he wore pants—short pants that were part of miniature sailor suits.

When he was a little boy his mother kept him in dresses and long curls; then she dressed him in Scottish regalia. Eventually, at the age of seven, he wore pants—short pants that were part of miniature sailor suits. Evidently, before age nine he had never taken a bath by himself.

But there was an unfortunate complication, namely that her mother and father were Christians, and not the Jesus-is-love kind of Christians but the Hell-has-a-special-room-waiting-for-you kind.

iGen'ers are more likely than any generation before them to be raised by religiously unaffiliated parents.

Equality of opportunity in education aims to insure us against disparities arising from the situation in which we are born

I think that every one , no matter how many troubles the may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon. And if I ever have any children of my own, no matter how unhappy I may be, I am not going to let them have any cares until they grow up.

I think that everyone, no matter how many troubles he may have when he grows up, ought to have a happy childhood to look back upon. And if I ever have any children of my own, no matter how unhappy I may be, I am not going to let them have any cares until they grow up.

Please forgive me for being impertinent and ungrateful. I was badly brought up.

So Lydia grew up with a mother who emphasized the importance of being independent and saving for the future.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.