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" Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. "

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" My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit. "

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" When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity. "

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" The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive. "

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" Knowledge is the most democratic source of power. "

" Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. "

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" If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much. "

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" Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. "

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