| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 15823 |
| QUOTATION: | The responsibilities of parenthood take on a more subtle cast during the middle years. . . . Our child is becoming a more conscious partner in his or her growth. . . . Each time our children take a new step, each time we allow them to move ahead to try something they’ve never tried before, we go through a period of doubt and questioning and ambivalent feelings until the new skill is mastered or the new rules are established. It is one of the most common experiences of parenthood, and it is also one of the most challenging. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ruth Davidson Bell (20th century). Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, ch. 3 (1978). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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