Most parents make or have made the mistake of never allowing their children to make their own mistakes.

It is through the child’s eyes and ears, not genes, that he or she gets, from his or her parents, things such as humility and intolerance.

For their children’s good deeds, parents take credit for themselves. For their children’s bad deeds, parents give blame to society.

Life keeps on making the terrible mistake of making impatient people capable of making children.

The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.

Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child.