{"quotes":[{"text":"Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.","author":"Mary Wollstonecraft","tags":["affection","childhood","humanity","love","society","solidarity","upbringing"],"id":8321,"author_id":"Mary+Wollstonecraft"},{"text":"The upbringing based on criticizing the wrong and rejecting it since childhood is considered to be one of the factors that support the ability to choose the right choice based on correct criteria and overall vision.As much as the sons and daughters practiced this criticism against the mistakes they see in the community as much they will feel more self strength, and will be more able to control their emotions as long as they are convinced with their opinions, which will free them from any feeling of lacking and will avoid them from standing in the position of defending their own beliefs, but vice versa it will give them the ability to express their opinions in the social events which will influence the others, and that is a result that both parents should care to achieve.","author":"Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi","tags":["parenting","parenting-advice","parenting-children","upbringing"],"id":19282,"author_id":"Maryam+Abdullah+Alnaymi"},{"text":"The only regret I have is that I couldn't teach you a lesson in humanity and humility. A mother should not depend on his son and that's the one mistake I committed.","author":"Adhish Mazumder","tags":["adhish-mazumder","anger","childhood","emotional","feelings-and-emotions","irresponsiblity","lamenting","loss","love","mother","parenting","regret","sad-mother","sad","son","spiteful","upbringing"],"id":32038,"author_id":"Adhish+Mazumder"},{"text":"[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise – in fact, far wiser than most other such women in power. The knowledge of a baroness must be so comprehensive that she can understand everything. Of her a philosopher might have said: 'No one is wise who does not know some part of everything.' Moreover, she must have the courage of a man. This means that she should not be brought up overmuch among women nor should she be indulged in extensive and feminine pampering. Why do I say that? If barons wish to be honoured as they deserve, they spend very little time in their manors and on their own lands. Going to war, attending their prince's court, and traveling are the three primary duties of such a lord. So the lady, his companion, must represent him at home during his absences. Although her husband is served by bailiffs, provosts, rent collectors, and land governors, she must govern them all. To do this according to her right she must conduct herself with such wisdom that she will be both feared and loved. As we have said before, the best possible fear comes from love. When wronged, her men must be able to turn to her for refuge. She must be so skilled and flexible that in each case she can respond suitably. Therefore, she must be knowledgeable in the mores of her locality and instructed in its usages, rights, and customs. She must be a good speaker, proud when pride is needed; circumspect with the scornful, surly, or rebellious; and charitably gentle and humble toward her good, obedient subjects. With the counsellors of her lord and with the advice of elder wise men, she ought to work directly with her people. No one should ever be able to say of her that she acts merely to have her own way. Again, she should have a man's heart. She must know the laws of arms and all things pertaining to warfare, ever prepared to command her men if there is need of it. She has to know both assault and defence tactics to insure that her fortresses are well defended, if she has any expectation of attack or believes she must initiate military action. Testing her men, she will discover their qualities of courage and determination before overly trusting them. She must know the number and strength of her men to gauge accurately her resources, so that she never will have to trust vain or feeble promises. Calculating what force she is capable of providing before her lord arrives with reinforcements, she also must know the financial resources she could call upon to sustain military action. She should avoid oppressing her men, since this is the surest way to incur their hatred. She can best cultivate their loyalty by speaking boldly and consistently to them, according to her council, not giving one reason today and another tomorrow. Speaking words of good courage to her men-at-arms as well as to her other retainers, she will urge them to loyalty and their best efforts.","author":"Christine de Pizan","tags":["ability","administration","equality","good-governance","government","justice","knowledge","leadership","peace","prudence","respect","skills","strength","superiority","upbringing","war","wisdom","women"],"id":51633,"author_id":"Christine+de+Pizan"},{"text":"You will never know the moon or stars, unless you breathe in their solar system and inspect it from many diverse vantage points as possible.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["believing","children","coexist","commonsense","cultures","diversity","experience","experiences","family","friends","friendship","gossip","guessing","hear-say","homeless","knowing","mental-illness","mysteries","orphanages","people","personality","perspective","religion","research","society","speculation","stories","upbringing"],"id":52067,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal.","author":"Julia A. Boyd","tags":["self-esteem","upbringing","values"],"id":66701,"author_id":"Julia+A.+Boyd"},{"text":"The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["abort","abortion","absent-father","absent-fathers","absent-mother","absent-mothers","adopt","adoption","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","brother","brothers","care","child","children","funny","humor","humour","irresponsible","joke","jokes","kid","kids","nurture","offspring","parent","parenthood","raise","raising","rear","rearing","responsibilities","responsibility","responsible","satire","sibling","siblings","sister","sisters","stepchild","stepchildren","unplanned-pregnancies","unplanned-pregnancy","upbringing"],"id":68926,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible.","author":"T.H. White","tags":["childhood","children","mistakes","upbringing"],"id":86724,"author_id":"T.H.+White"},{"text":"Why shall we talk? To spread positive ambiance in the house, and to stimulate the hearty feelings, and to achieve a perceptible psychological connection between family members.","author":"Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi","tags":["parenting","parenting-advice","upbringing"],"id":88282,"author_id":"Maryam+Abdullah+Alnaymi"},{"text":"If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices.","author":"Anne Brontë","tags":["children","contempt","mother","over-indulgence","upbringing"],"id":101647,"author_id":"Anne+Bront%C3%AB"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":51,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}