Oscar Wilde Quotes

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

Oscar Wilde

• Children
• Parents
• Forgive
• Loving

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• Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Forgive