The Simpsons

"Kids are the best, Apu. You can teach them to hate the things you hate. And they practically raise themselves, what with the Internet and all"

 - Homer Simpson, 'The Simpsons,' created by Matt Groening

Carl Jung

"Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent."

- Carl Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist

Marian Wight Edelman

"If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will too. If you spend all your money on yourselves and tithe no portion of it for charities, colleges, churches, synagogues, and civic causes, your children won't either. And if parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out."

- Marian Wright Edelman, children's rights activist

Anne Frank

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

- Anne Frank, diarist

Elizabeth Stone

"Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body."

- Elizabeth Stone,