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“By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education.... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments.”

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“There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.”

Frank A. Clark quotes

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“Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.”

Nadia Boulanger quotes (French conductor, teacher of musical composition, 1887-1979)

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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”

Abigail Van Buren quotes

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“In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced on television.”

Erma Bombeck quotes (U.S. humorist, 1927-1996)

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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

Groucho Marx quotes (American Comedian, Actor and Singer, 1890-1977)

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“Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream.”

Roger Rosenblatt quotes

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“Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.”

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“Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs?”

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“Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.”

G. K. Chesterton quotes (English born Gabonese Critic, Essayist, Novelist and Poet, 1874-1936)

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“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.”

Socrates quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher, 470 BC-399 BC)

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