A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.
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No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.Frank Pittman
Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.
Frank Pittman
We know how powerful our mother was when we were little, but is our wife that powerful to us now? Must we relive our great deed of escape from Mama with every other woman in our life?
Frank Pittman
Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?
Frank Pittman
A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.
Frank Pittman
Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.
Frank Pittman
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