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"I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child."

"Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them."

"That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the dept..."

"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."

"While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like 'All lub boo,' but I didn't care. To reciprocate, I showed her what an ex-Marine ..."

"But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better."

"I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the s..."

"He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he."

"Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt."

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."