Some children grow up before their parents.

Sometimes what we see as an instance of a toddler crying the toddler sees as it reasoning.

Some technologies have made it possible for one to travel to the other side of the world in order to see something, whereas some technologies have made that unnecessary: if it were not for things such as the camera and the internet, some African boys would have never seen a Chinese woman’s vagina.

Parents want the best for their children … for themselves.

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.

The pleasure children get from playing is way more intense, and lasts way longer, than the one adults get from being paid.

Admitting that their child is, or can be, more educated than them is the closest most parents are willing to get to admitting that their child is, or can be, smarter or wiser than them.

Most children have been cursed with parents who have forgotten the joy of walking barefoot.

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