A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
育儿
Parenting
Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.
爱是整夜陪着生病的孩子或健康的成年人。
My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.
我的父亲并没有真正参与其中，我的母亲是我生命中的明灯。
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
孩子们提供动力，但家长们必须操纵方向盘。
To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject.
犯法在皇帝身上和在臣民身上是同样的罪行。
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
告诉我，我就忘了。教我，我就记得。让我参与，我就能学习。
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.
我后悔没有在孩子们成长的过程中有更多的时间陪他们。
I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job.
我想，如果我回家时孩子们还活着，我就完成了我的工作。
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
我的母亲保护我远离这个世界，我的父亲用它威胁我。
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
告诉我，我就会忘记;教我，我就会记得;让我参与，我就会学习。
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
我们生命中的每一天都在为孩子们的记忆银行存款。
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
父母所遗留给儿女的，不是钱财，乃是敬畏的心。
I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.
我正试图打破任何我可能幸存下来的负面教育链。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom.
有一些很棒的问题可以问你的医生。如果他说“不”，你就会发现自己是另一个医生。在这个时期，我们在医学上看待女性的方式确实需要改变。我的意思是，这不仅仅是婴儿时期的忧郁。
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?
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?
Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.
研究表明，只有一个妈妈和一个爸爸在那里抚养孩子，孩子才会茁壮成长。
Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.
对我来说，父母和家庭是第一位的，当我不工作的时候，我对天线宝宝很感兴趣。
Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.
即使孩子到了青春期，他们也比以往任何时候都更需要我们来照顾他们。青春期不是放手。它是关于在颠簸的旅途中坚持下去。
The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.
互联网只是把各种各样的信息带到家里。家长的声音要在孩子的耳朵里产生共鸣，会有很多干扰和竞争。