We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

  • -- Ellen Goodman 埃伦·古德曼

我们批评母亲的亲密。我们批评父亲的距离。我们当中有多少人对父亲的期望更少,对他们给予我们的更多心存感激?我们中有多少人总是让他们逍遥法外?

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If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

如果你培养你的孩子觉得他们可以完成任何他们决定的目标或任务,你就会成功的作为一个家长,你会给你的孩子最大的祝福。

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

每个关于孩子的陈词滥调都是正确的;它们长得太快了,你眨一下眼睛,它们就不见了,你现在必须花时间和它们在一起。但这是一种乐趣。