"A command is a given-the child fulfills it; for this, he is praised and rewarded. But in the act itself, there is nothing worthy of a reward - the child, therefore, carried out the order immediately, that the ordered matter seemed to him completely natural, that it was according to his own desire; for what do they praise him? "
Nikolay Dobrolyubov

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"If a child thinks his parents are wizards, then in part because they convinced him of it"
Eric Berne

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"A child gives gratitude to parents for obedience and reverence"
Catherine II

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"The father loves his child because it is his birth, but he must love him as a future person. Only such a love for children is true and worthy of being called love; all the other is selfishness, cold self-esteem "
Vissarion Belinsky

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"Now I could finally afford all that I was deprived of in my childhood - if I had no children"
Robert Orben

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"Children make work joyful, but failures seem more disappointing because of them; thanks to children life seem more pleasant, and death - less terrible "
Francis Bacon

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"To preach from the ambo, to draw from the rostrum, to teach from the pulpit is much easier than to bring up one child"
Alexander Herzen

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"You have to listen to the voice of the child you were once and who still exists somewhere inside you. He is given the realization of these magical moments. Yes, we can heal his weeping, but drown his voice - no "
Paulo Coelho

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"A respectful son is one who upsets his father and mother, except by his illness"
Confucius

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"If you beat a child, try to beat him in anger, even if it threatens his life. A cold-blooded blow cannot and must not be forgiven. "
Bernard Show