“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.”
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) American sociologist, historian, activist and writer
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“Parenting shapes the future silently yet profoundly. Children learn more from what they observe than from what they are told. Love, patience, and example are the foundations upon which character is built.”
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