"Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word “collectible” as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Great is the pain of bringing up sons, and greater of bringing up daughters." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"It is easier to have children than to raise them." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 22:6
"Never promise something to a child and not give it to him, because in that way he learns to lie." ~~ Talmud, Sukkah
"Honor your father – – – even if you have to go begging from door to door. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Peah
"Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 24:16
"Like father, like son." ~~ Rashi
"I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30:19
"A man’s father is his king." ~~ Rabbi Eliezer
"When a father is quick-tempered, his children are confused." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"By grace of children parents win respect." ~~ Tanchuma
"Crooked parents can produce straight children." ~~ Talmud, Sota
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