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

Childhood begins to end once the child stops being happy to see its parent return home unless they have brought it something.

Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.

As common as unplanned sex. As uncommon as a planned child.

In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever he is in his own yard a man who is a nobody whenever he is in his employer’s yard.

Passing their toilet training is the very last thing that some adults did that has made their parents proud of them.

For their holidays: the rich go see the world; the poor go see their parents.

For their holidays: the rich’s kids travel the world; the poor’s kids roam around their grandparents’ yard.

A ‘white’ kid that asks too many questions is called *curious.* A ‘black’ kid that asks too many questions is called *forward.*