#parenting

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun.

The fruit falls not far from the parent tree; cultivate your own soil if you wish your children to flourish.

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.