#parenthood

"Oxford in the Inklings' day was not so different in look and smell from the Oxford of today. Then, as now, one was tempted to fantasize one's surroundings as a Camelot of intellectual knight-errantry or an Eden of serene contemplation. Then, as now, there was bound to be disappointment."

"I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves."

"In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children."

"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

"Shouldn't we also ask ourselves what the consequences are of scrambling to provide the "most"of everything to our children in a world of fast dwindling resources?"

"Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be."

"A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease."

"I have a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind!"

"Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong."

"Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years."

"The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires."

"The Mother Thing makes our world."

"College was at the heart of his sentimental imagination."