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#1

“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
― Jessamyn West

tags: inspirational, writing

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#2

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: learning, mentoring, parenting, teacher

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#3

“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: babies, change, humor, love, parents

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#4

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”
― Anne Frank

tags: growing-up, innocence, inspirational, parenting, personal-responsibility, right-of-passage, self-determination, self-responsibility

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#5

“Despite what you might believe right now, your son’s future is bright. You only
need the right tools to help him get there.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#6

“It’s time to stop dreaming about who you want your son to be and help him become the healthy, happy, and successful man he’s supposed to be.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#7

“When a boy feels as if no one cares about him, or as if he will never amount to anything, he truly believes it doesn’t matter what he does.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#8

“There’s a wound most troubled boys share, which, at its core, comes from the feeling that they don’t have their father’s unconditional love.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#9

“Healing, it turns out, is a journey. It doesn’t happen all at once.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#10

“Healthy boys grow into healthy men.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#11

“According to most studies on the subject, boys who grow up without fathers grow up at a disadvantage.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#12

“Teaching a boy to be a man is the primary job of a father.”
― Clayton Lessor MA, LPC

tags: boy, childhood, discipline, family, father, fatherhood, growing-up, mentor, mother, motherhood, parent, parenthood, parenting, personal-responsibility, rite-of-passage, role-model, sense-of-belonging, son, teenager

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#13

“Adolescent boys don’t understand that becoming a man, at its core, means stepping up and accepting responsibility.”
― Clayton J. Lessor, PhD, LPC

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