The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property." - Meaning and context.">
Appearance on The Howard Stern Show (1987).

The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property.

— Frank Zappa

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Frank Zappa

About Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa (21 December 1940 – 4 December 1993) was an American musician, composer and satirist.