| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47239 |
| QUOTATION: | Children should know there are limits to family finances or they will confuse “we can’t afford that” with “they don’t want me to have it.” The first statement is a realistic and objective assessment of a situation, while the other carries an emotional message. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jean Ross Peterson (20th century), U.S. author. It Doesn’t Grow on Trees, ch. 1 (1988). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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