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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Topic

Family dysfunction Family Parents and children

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Anna Karenina

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

God

Exodus 20:12

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Topic

Parents and children Filial piety The Ten Commandments

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:12).

You may keep one of your children. The other one must go.

Sophie's Choice

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Topic

Mothers and children Parents and children Decisions and choices

Speaker

SS Doctor

Actor

Karlheinz Hackl

Source

Sophie's Choice

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sophie's Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Keith Barish Productions/ITC Entertainment, 1982.

For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.

William Ross Wallace

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Topic

Raising kids Parents and children Power of education Value of education

Author

William Ross Wallace

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wallace, William Ross. What Rules the World. 1865.

Current Citation

Wallace, William Ross. "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle." Poetry for a Lifetime: All-Time Favorite Poems to Delight and Inspire All Ages, edited by Samuel Norfleet Etheredge. MiraVista Press, 1999.

Are you lost daddy I asked tenderly.
Shut up he explained.

Ring Lardner

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Parents and children

Author

Ring Lardner

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lardner, Ring. "The Young Immigrunts." Ring Lardner: Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 1997. Originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1920, ch. 10.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Genesis 22:2

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Topic

Sacrifice Parents and children

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 22:2).

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:20

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Parents and children

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 6:20).

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Proverbs 10:1

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Parents and children

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 10:1).

They will never allow that a child is under any obligation to his father for begetting him, or his mother for bringing him into the world - which, considering the miseries of human life, was neither a benefit in itself nor intended so by his parents, whose thoughts in their love encounters were otherwise employed.

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

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Parents and children

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Gulliver's Travels

Genre

Satire Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1726 1720s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726, pt. 1, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, edited by Albert J. Rivero. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, pt. 1, ch. 6.

My God, are we gonna be like our parents?

The Breakfast Club

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Topic

Parents and children Growing up

Speaker

Andrew Clark

Actor

Emilio Estevez

Source

The Breakfast Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Coming of age (film) Teen Coming of age

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, A&M Films/Channel Productions, 1985.

George, we’ve had it with you. Understand? We love you like a son, but even parents have limits.

Frank Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Parents and children

Speaker

Frank Costanza

Actor

Jerry Stiller

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Junk Mail." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 9, episode 5, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance

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Topic

Parents and children Relationships

Speaker

Lord Illingworth

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

A Woman of No Importance

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. 1893, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "A Woman of No Importance." The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 2.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother.

Ephesians 6:1-2

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Topic

Obedience Parents and children

Source

Ephesians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 6:1-2).

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. They must, they have no other models.

James Baldwin

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Parents and children

Author

James Baldwin

Source

Fifth Avenue, Uptown; A Letter from Harlem Esquire

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Baldwin, James. "Fifth Avenue, Uptown; A Letter from Harlem." Esquire, July 1960.

There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from ya. That's never possible.

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Topic

Protecting children Parents and children

Speaker

Atticus Finch

Actor

Gregory Peck

Source

To Kill a Mockingbird

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

To Kill a Mockingbird. Directed by Robert Mulligan, Brentwood Productions, 1962.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want, and then advise them to do it.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Parents and children Raising kids

Speaker

Harry Truman

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Interviewed by Margaret Truman. Person to Person, CBS. 27 May 1955.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Peter De Vries

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Topic

Parents and children Marriage

Author

Peter De Vries

Source

The Tunnel of Love

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Vries, Peter. The Tunnel of Love. Little, Brown and Company, 1954, ch. 8.

Too often we give our children the answers to remember rather than the problems to solve.

Roger Lewin

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Topic

Teaching children Parents and children Cultivating independence

Author

Roger Lewin

Source

The Saturday Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lewin, Roger. "Observing the Brain Through a Cat's Eyes." The Saturday Review, 5 Oct. 1974.

It's the most terrifying day of your life the day the first one is born.

Lost in Translation

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Topic

Parents and children Having children Babies

Speaker

Bob Harris

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Lost in Translation

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lost in Translation. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films, 2003.

Till society is very differently constituted, parents, I fear, will still insist on being obeyed, because they will be obeyed, because they will be obeyed, and constantly endeavor to settle that power on a Divine right which will not bear the investigation of reason.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman

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Topic

Parenting Parents and children

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft

Source

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman

Genre

Political literature Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Boston: Thomas and Andrews/London: J. Johnson, 1792, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 11.