“Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.”

“Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?”

“In great states, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents wanting to make men and women of them. In vile states, the children are always wanting to be men and women, and the parents to keep them children.”

“Children are liable to expect more from life than their parents, and faced with adversity their reaction is more violent. They go farther, much farther than their parents, and, thereafter, their parents are unable to protect them.”

“Although there is a delicate balance between children’s privacy and parental awareness, a good parent should always be attentive to their children’s activities and feelings – both online and offline.”

“Parents always make their worst mistakes with their oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.”

“Immigrant parents don’t want their children to suffer or have to live harder than they did.”

“All people respect and love their own parents and children, as well as the parents and children of others.”

“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.”

“Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.”