Quotes about Parenting

Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple. Votes: 4

Parenting goes beyond providing foods, shelter, clothing, and other basic necessities. Nurturing a child to travel in the direction of positive enlightenment, is arguably the greatest thing that you could do for a child. Votes: 4

Parenting fucked you up. Votes: 3

Parenting is the greatest of hum-a-few-bars-and-I'll-fake-it skills. Votes: 3

Parenting needs to come to the forefront. Votes: 3

Parenting isn't just parenting your own child. Votes: 3

Parenting is an impossible job at any age. Votes: 3

Parenting cannot just be one size fits all. Votes: 3

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth. Votes: 3

Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit. Votes: 3

Parenting is the most important profession in the world. Votes: 3

Parenting should always come from a place of unconditional loving. Votes: 3

Parenting is something that happens mostly while you're thinking of something else. Votes: 3

Look Beyond Motherhood and Parenting; Focus on the uniqueness of every Child. Votes: 3

Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up Votes: 3

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. Votes: 3

Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up. Votes: 3

Parenting is about being competent and responsible. It's not about gender, necessarily. Votes: 3

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little. Votes: 3

Parenting is a sacred responsibility with the sobering reality, of raising scholars or scars. Votes: 3

Parenting is a partnership. Loving each other has a big impact on your children. Votes: 3

Parenting is a stage of life's journey where the milestones come about every fifty feet. Votes: 3

Parenting is a constant struggle between making your kids life better and ruining your own. Votes: 3

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Votes: 3

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. Votes: 3

Parenting tip: complement your child on something well done when they don't think you are looking! Votes: 3

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them. Votes: 3

Parenting is the easiest job to get - you just have to screw up once and it's yours. Votes: 3

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Votes: 3

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways. Votes: 3

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! Votes: 3

Parenting is a negative thing. Keep your children from killing themselves, or anyone else, and hope for the best. Votes: 3

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Votes: 3

Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up. Votes: 3

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. Votes: 3

Parenting is a giant responsibility forever, so we need to learn how to drop the guilt and go easy on ourselves when we mess up. Votes: 3

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves. Votes: 3

Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God. Votes: 3

Suddenly, one day, there was this thing called parenting. Parenting was serious. Parenting was fierce. Parenting was solemn. Parenting was a participle, like going and doing and crusading and worrying. Votes: 3

Your kids never really leave do they? They might live elsewhere, sometimes not even on the same continent, but Mum is always first port of call when there's trouble. Parenting is a lifetime commitment. Votes: 3

Parenting is the greatest pay it forward system on earth. We don't owe our parents anything. We owe our children everything. The same was true for our parents. The same will be true for our children. Votes: 3

Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed. Votes: 3

Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious - it's almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It's not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you're five, but it would be nice if there were some other options. Votes: 3

Parenting @ a higher level of consciousness:1st love self so deeply that when ur child misbehaves U do not have 2 react @LoveNever_Fails When you give a little of yourself to a child, you give a little of yourself to their future! Votes: 3

While there are other parenting books with insight into childhood, Parenting from Your Heart goes a step further, showing parents how to put theory into practice with their own child in a realistic, compassionate and effective way. This book is worth its weight in gold!? Votes: 3

A concern with parenting...must direct attention beyond behavior. This is because parenting is not simply a set of behaviors, but participation in an interpersonal, diffuse, affective relationship. Parenting is an eminently psychological role in a way that many other roles and activities are not. Votes: 3

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential. Votes: 3

Successful teaching is not head-to-head; it is heart-to-heart. Votes: 2

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do. Votes: 2

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? Votes: 2

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. Votes: 2

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home. Votes: 2

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. Votes: 2

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be Votes: 2

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Votes: 2

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. Votes: 2

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you. Votes: 2

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Votes: 2

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. Votes: 2

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. Votes: 2

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future. Votes: 2

I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Votes: 2

The saddest things we fail at are fun things we never get to do, so in your busy day be sure to plan fun things too. Votes: 2

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities. Votes: 2

You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible. Votes: 2

I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising. Votes: 2

~We were on a family trip to Death Valley, and there were moments when my husband and I wanted to just leave the kids there - all the whining! You think that no other kid can do it as much as yours. When they're with friends, they're great; when they're in the car with just the family, it's maddening at times. But you adore them anyway.~ Votes: 2

Be fair. Play hard. Votes: 1

Expect progress, not perfection. Votes: 1

Jokes about butts WORKED. Votes: 1

Everything depends on upbringing. Votes: 1

Correction badly undertaken creates distance. Votes: 1

Guilt is unavoidable for mothers. Votes: 1

Adoption is grief in reverse. Votes: 1

It's time to undo Rahim. Votes: 1

The Tone is the Message. Votes: 1

Children are no antidote to loneliness. Votes: 1

Families that feel together, heal together. Votes: 1

Never discipline whom you've not discipled. Votes: 1

Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting. Votes: 1

Every child should be read to. Votes: 1

Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing. Votes: 1

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman Votes: 1

Mantras are the past & the future. Votes: 1

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude. Votes: 1

Parenthood is the opiate of the masses. Votes: 1

Don't leave your elders as Fallen Leaves. Votes: 1

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children Votes: 1

Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly. Votes: 1

For me, adoption was grief in reverse. Votes: 1

You can say the same thing nicely. Votes: 1

Honor your relationships by developing listening skills. Votes: 1

Simplification establishes an unspoken emphasis on relationship. Votes: 1

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection. Votes: 1

With toddlers around, times are always interesting. Votes: 1

Journal writing is a wonderful pathway to self-awareness. Votes: 1

Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth. Votes: 1

The controlled freak-out is a beautiful thing. (Ephesians 4:26) Votes: 1

We raise predators by treating children as prey. Votes: 1

Pray regularly for the members of your family. Votes: 1

Everything is an art, which must be mastered. Votes: 1

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger Votes: 1

OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us. Votes: 1

You are almost never cool to your children. Votes: 1

We sucked in atheism with our canned milk. Votes: 1

The world's major religions: Same boss, different departments. Votes: 1

As a father, we need to actively listen. Votes: 1

When our feet talk to us, we listen. Votes: 1

This is why we can't have nice things Votes: 1

Your children need your presence more than your presents. Votes: 1

What we are most passionate about becomes our legacy. Votes: 1

you sounded frustrated and pissed off and amazingly happy Votes: 1

Gracious words revived our spirit and restored our soul. Votes: 1

Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood. Votes: 1

The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing. Votes: 1

Words are prophesy. Prophesy positive words into your life. Votes: 1

When the gardeners are good, the flower will bloom. Votes: 1

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare. Votes: 1

Education is the best gift my parent gave me. Votes: 1

A father is a man who fails every day. Votes: 1

Age is only a number. Keep an active life. Votes: 1

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. Votes: 1

children need love most when they don't deserve it Votes: 1

Children make theories when they are confused or anxious. Votes: 1

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. Votes: 1

Keeping secrets from your father will only lead to trouble. Votes: 1

Responsibilities fall heaviest on those willing to take the load. Votes: 1

Reflection can be painful, but reflection can also be productive. Votes: 1

It's easy to love kids who make you feel competent. Votes: 1

My children taught me the true meaning of unconditional love. Votes: 1

ParenthoodIt's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last. Votes: 1

A successful father is not more successful than his children. Votes: 1

A baby's cry is precisely as serious as it sounds. Votes: 1

Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt. Votes: 1

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. Votes: 1

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. Votes: 1

Beware of what you teach your children in the womb. Votes: 1

The difference between punishment and discipline is a powerful child. Votes: 1

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Votes: 1

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep. Votes: 1

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life. Votes: 1

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion Votes: 1

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship. Votes: 1

Children make your lives a mess and set your priorities straight. Votes: 1

Women are responsible for the people in the family having pants. Votes: 1

Who's crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don't? Votes: 1

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting. Votes: 1

Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet. Votes: 1

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe. Votes: 1

Expect to change yourself in order to change your life experience. Votes: 1

You can't judge your parenting by the choices of your kids. Votes: 1

We ignore the emotional needs of young children at our peril. Votes: 1

What a difference it makes to come home to a child! Votes: 1

Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love. Votes: 1

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given. Votes: 1

At least grandmas don't look for angles like other people. Jo Votes: 1

And Ana remembered her father's words, Say no! Run! Tell me! Votes: 1

With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before Votes: 1

Life will never be the same again. Life will be better. Votes: 1

For parents, the days are long but the years are short. Votes: 1

Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent. Votes: 1

be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness Votes: 1

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.- Bell Hooks Votes: 1

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. Votes: 1

You are mine for a moment, but you are His, forever His. Votes: 1

To enjoy true, vibrant health, increased awareness, effort, and focus are required. Votes: 1

Poor parents tend to follow[] a strategy of accomplishment of natural growth. Votes: 1

The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves. Votes: 1

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one. Votes: 1

Real Fathers are men of integrity & honour. Their word is their bond. Votes: 1

Motherhood:The most exhausting, emotional, rewardingand life-enhancing journey a woman can take. Votes: 1

The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence. Votes: 1

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. Votes: 1

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. Votes: 1

Wonder isn't about finding answers; it's about becoming more comfortable with questions. Votes: 1

Pray that your children will develop a heart that seeks after God. Votes: 1

He sounded absolutely miserable. Are you ever going to speak to me? Votes: 1

You can't have that wish, my Little Bear,' said Mother Bear. Votes: 1

Encourage obeying all the way, right away, and in a happy way. Votes: 1

All problems, though appearing outside of you, must be resolved within YOU. Votes: 1

Love with your whole heart, and never be sorry you did.--tdf Votes: 1

The most important thing anyone can do is raise their kids well. Votes: 1

Mothering you is the first thing of consequence I have ever done. Votes: 1

Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach. Votes: 1

Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be. Votes: 1

If he once failed as a father, it was a noble fail. Votes: 1

The best way to make children good is to make them happy. Votes: 1

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Votes: 1

Last words of his mother to his father: Keep eternity before the children. Votes: 1

I'd rather be a 'THINKER' - Two Healthy Incomes No Kids Early Retirement! Votes: 1

Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others. Votes: 1

Education is our path to change. Minds and hearts are brightened via learning. Votes: 1

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any. Votes: 1

Mama don't let your babies grow up to be selfies. -Jennifer Ritchie Payette Votes: 1

You shouldn't do that. Not to your child. You should-carry your own burdens. Votes: 1

Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. Votes: 1

The surest way to a child's heart is to spend time with them. Votes: 1

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors. Votes: 1

The greatest investment you can do in your life is in gaining time. Votes: 1

What is success, after all, but doing what you really want to do? Votes: 1

My kid, her life. I want for her what she wants for herself. Votes: 1

She became a frame for the picture that was her son and daughter. Votes: 1

Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists. Votes: 1

Do your kids see your kindness or are you always telling them. NO? Votes: 1

Mothers are the ultimate executives. Instead of raising profits they are raising humanity. Votes: 1

The best gift you can give to your kids is a happy marriage. Votes: 1

In raising my children, I have lost my mind but found my soul. Votes: 1

Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality. Votes: 1

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent. Votes: 1

Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are. Votes: 1

The goodness of the mother is written in the gaiety of the child. Votes: 1

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry. Votes: 1

The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other. Votes: 1

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any. Votes: 1

Tender EmberBarred and brandedto be forever unlovedI was a tender emberseeking solace from above Votes: 1

Once you put yourself on the lookout for teachable moments, you'll find them everywhere! Votes: 1

You must be committed to your children first. Otherwise, they will receive the leftovers. Votes: 1

Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own. Votes: 1

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Votes: 1

There were nine casualties during the battle of Kirkuk. My husband was among them. Votes: 1

Imperfect parenting does not cause addiction. If that were so, everyone would be one. Votes: 1

We all need a cheering committee and parents are a child's most important fans! Votes: 1

My mothering needed a tad more Mother Theresa and a lot less Lizzy Borden. Votes: 1

If your parents are getting older, you must treat them as your own child Votes: 1

(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. Votes: 1

Menjadi panutan bukan tugas anak sulung-kepada adaik-adiknya, tapi tugas orang tua kepada semua anak Votes: 1

That I growed up a man and not a beast says something for me. Votes: 1

I won't do that when I'm a parent. I'll make different mistakes, of course. Votes: 1

I went because the nights are numbered and I do not know the count. Votes: 1

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior. Votes: 1

When a person is punished for their honesty they begin to learn to lie. Votes: 1

It's a fact that every minute you hold a child, it triples in mass. Votes: 1

If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both fucked. Votes: 1

As parents we're meant to help each other out and build each other up. Votes: 1

Trust me. The words are a prayer, not a warranty. I understand that now. Votes: 1

The circumstances surrounding your birth are not as important as the opportunity to live life. Votes: 1

Train your Children with Patience, Correct them in Love, Don't Discipline them out of hatred Votes: 1

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults. Votes: 1

Young children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom. Votes: 1

That is the most godlike feeling a human can experience; being ignored by rebellious child. Votes: 1

The danger of motherhood. you relive your early self, through the eyes of your mother. Votes: 1

The raising of a child is the building of a cathedral. You can't cut corners. Votes: 1

I feel like I've lived numerous livesand you can explore my incarnations through my works. Votes: 1

If you want kids, choose your girlfriend like your future child has the deciding vote. Votes: 1

Define your mantras, your adages, and bear down repetitively -- over and over and over! Votes: 1

Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them. Votes: 1

We are partners with our children because we are just like them, dearly loved sinners. Votes: 1

too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless. Votes: 1

If you can give your son or daughet only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. Votes: 1

Believe that God is strong enough to save your children, no matter how you fail. Votes: 1

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning. Votes: 1

Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent. Votes: 1

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults. Votes: 1

To be in your children's memories tomorrow,You have to be in their lives today. Votes: 1

We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much? Votes: 1

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities. Votes: 1

Real Fathers are Solution Providers and not a part of the problem to be solved. Votes: 1

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. Votes: 1

Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Votes: 1

Yes it's true, you wake the child inside of you up because you're a Mom! Votes: 1

Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society. Votes: 1

The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses. Votes: 1

No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son. Votes: 1

The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately; they talk to the heart. Votes: 1

If you're not parenting on purpose, don't be surprised when you get chaos from the children. Votes: 1

Her conclusion: You just have to follow your own heart when it comes to medical decision-making. Votes: 1

Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game. Votes: 1

I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline. Votes: 1

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. Votes: 1

Peran seorang ibu juga adalah perang dengan dirinya sendiri agar selalu menyediakan ekstra pengertian bagi anaknya Votes: 1

FAMILY. The ties that bind. The cement that builds character, strength of purpose, mutual respect, values. Votes: 1

Treat sins that your children struggle with like basic math. Practice, Practice, and you'll get it. Votes: 1

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows Votes: 1

Pendidikan pada diri seorang anak sesungguhnya dimulai jauh sebelum anak tersebut memiliki tubuh dan kesadaran manusiawinya Votes: 1

God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much. Votes: 1

Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way. Votes: 1

God has called us to something vastly bigger than our happiness or that of our children. Votes: 1

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it. Votes: 1

If you can't do what you really want to do, then do the next best thing! Votes: 1

PARENTHOOD is journey of being driven to the BRINK of INSANITY and BACKLike a YO YO!! Votes: 1

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Votes: 1

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making. Votes: 1

When your mom was not in labor yelling at me, she made me laugh so hard. Votes: 1

Time grants a unique perspective which allows us to see events through a filter of accumulated wisdom. Votes: 1

Meditation is doing what you are doing - whether you are doing formal meditation or child care. Votes: 1

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. Votes: 1

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. Votes: 1

The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways Votes: 1

It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them. Votes: 1

A society needs to know when to forgive, but it also needs to know when to punish. Votes: 1

I used to have six theories and no kids. Now I have six kids and no theories. Votes: 1

I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down! Votes: 1

Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go. Votes: 1

I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy. Votes: 1

Here's a tip for new parents: Start lowering those expectations early, it's going to pay off later. Votes: 1

Most kids act out because they want your attention. Don't spank your child show them some attention. Votes: 1

We rarely improve our habits and traits while floating on the placid pool of ease and comfort. Votes: 1

Even though you can't control outcomes for your child, you can parent unconditionally with all your heart. Votes: 1

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. Votes: 1

Never stop the vibe of parenthood. It just makes you see life in a more meaningful level. Votes: 1

You can't predict the outcome. You can't raise a child and then tell them what to think. Votes: 1

There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child. Votes: 1

Autism is just the surface. What is inside each of us is what matters, autistic or not. Votes: 1

Children are God's way of saving us. They give us a second chance at getting it right. Votes: 1

We must be what we wish our children to be. They will form their characters from ours. Votes: 1

No man wants his daughter to be the kind of girl whom he liked in high school. Votes: 1

People tend to raise the child inside of them rather than the child in front of them. Votes: 1

It doesn't take a man to have a child, it takes a man to raise a child. Votes: 1

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you. Votes: 1

Our children need to see that faith matters, that it's relevant to our daily situations, that it's real. Votes: 1

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless. Votes: 1

Little things spell LOVE. Beware the spouse or marriage that places a premium on expensive gifts and 'toys. Votes: 1

Their lot in life, their station, became a part of their personalities and helped to for my worldview. Votes: 1

Child give me your hand so that I may walk in the light of your faith in me. Votes: 1

Don't put your child at risk. Limit unsupervised one-on-one time between your child & another adult or another child. Votes: 1

The biggest test for parents is not how they parent, but how the respond to disorder and unpredictability. Votes: 1

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence. Votes: 1

When your spouse is talking; turn off the television. When your child is talking turn off the world. Votes: 1

Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies. Votes: 1

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. Votes: 1

That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts? Votes: 1

Being a parent is a gift, one which most men unselfishly allow women to keep all to themselves. Votes: 1

Kids will remember less what we did for them and more how we spoke and reacted to them. Votes: 1

You have a healthy baby boy! The words ring like church bells in the ears of new parents. Votes: 1

As an individual, you are entitled to your time of grief, process of grief, and right to grieve. Votes: 1

But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see. Votes: 1

A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be. Votes: 1

Whenever my children complain about the planet to me, I say 'Shut up, I just got here myself'. Votes: 1

Out of all the things I do, I think being a mom is the most important and satisfying. Votes: 1

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. Votes: 1

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. Votes: 1

And whose fault was it that the boy swallowed down lies, when no one would feed him the truth? Votes: 1

The greatest source of security our children have in this world is a God-honoring, Christ-centered marriage between their parents. Votes: 1

Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior. Votes: 1

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. Votes: 1

Parental Alienation is an emotional act of violence that is aimed at an adult, but critically wounds a child. Votes: 1

I fear that this is what long term relationships are all about, at base: full-time role-playing, memorized and inhabited. Votes: 1

If we never have headaches through rebuking our children, we shall have plenty of heartaches when they grow up. Votes: 1

Meadow's Waltzthe meadow had becomeher sanctuary of spiritoffering an escape from a painno child should ever endureforeboding clouds began Votes: 1

Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things. Votes: 1

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Votes: 1

Father to teenage son: My relationship with you is more important than anything I've got to say to you. Votes: 1

Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it. Votes: 1

The life of a mother is the life of a child: you are two blossoms on a single branch. Votes: 1

A child may be spoiled by a lack of training or by inappropriate love that gives or trains incorrectly. Votes: 1

Kids never want a perfect mother; they need a little love, even if that comes from a worst mother. Votes: 1

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step. Votes: 1

Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind. Votes: 1

Imagine, pretend, and play so you can become anyone you want to be. You don't need to be afraid. Votes: 1

Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation. Votes: 1

We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view. Votes: 1

Parent should never forget the great excitement they felt for the birth of a new born into the world. Votes: 1

It is a beautiful and scary thing to sit open-handed and let all your plans float away like dust. Votes: 1

If we, as mothers, are not careful we can begin to find our identity in our children and their behavior Votes: 1

A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY Votes: 1

Perhaps, she had dreamed, she would teach some future King, shaping his child mind for a new and better world. Votes: 1

It's odd to see pictures of your parents before your own birth, before your nagging presence altered their lives forever. Votes: 1

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job. Votes: 1

Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile. Votes: 1

We are our own children's perfect parents, and within us lie all the simple, yet profound qualities of inner perfection. Votes: 1

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. Votes: 1

Parents have no clue how many things they never teach their children. Their children are simply born with those things. Votes: 1

If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers. Votes: 1

When we pour out our miseries, He hears a melody of us needing and desiring what only He can give. Votes: 1

If a child cannot place implicit confidence in his parent, most assuredly no confidence can be reposed in the child. Votes: 1

Today's troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don't want their children to have parents Votes: 1

Like I tell our kids, 'Your Mom isn't always right and I'm not always right. But together, WE'RE ALWAYS right! Votes: 1

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. Votes: 1

Most important jobs of a parent: unconditional love, comfort and protection, and a solid platform and values for future success Votes: 1

Someday my children will look fondly on the annoying things I did and see them clearly as evidence of love. Votes: 1

Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other. Votes: 1

I will hold my self to a standard of grace which is Christ's gift, not perfection which is Satan's trap. Votes: 1

Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills Votes: 1

What makes you think children like childish things? Don't tell them how to be children. They want to grow up. Votes: 1

All fathers are liars If you want to be a father, you have to be prepared to become a liar. Votes: 1

Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day. Votes: 1

The only secrets that are good are the ones with an ending. Keep surprises instead of secrets in your home. Votes: 1

It's a fathers job to spoil his daughters shamelessly, it's their husbands job to tame them. Prince Zehava-The Dragon Prince Votes: 1

I raised my three teens with love, perseverance, tenacity, sweat, tears, prayers, lighting candles, and the list could go on. Votes: 1

Simply building a fence between a child and temptation is not the same things as preparing him to face life. Votes: 1

A marvelous feeling -- that you love someone deeply -- and in turn, that person loves you back so sincerely. Votes: 1

Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years! Votes: 1

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter. Votes: 1

Spanking a child is about the parent not the child. The child will learn more from positive correction than physical manipulation. Votes: 1

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul Votes: 1

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. Votes: 1

Through the grace shown to us in the gospel, there is something distinctly Christlike about a mother's love for her child. Votes: 1

We can only afford two children' is a squalid argument, but more acceptable in our society than 'we don't like children'. Votes: 1

What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself. Votes: 1

In that day, we didn't have no remote controls and vacuum cleaners. If you wanted all that stuff you had children! Votes: 1

I wanted to explore this idea that the bogey man in the closet is scary, but being a mother is scarier. Votes: 1

Oh Man! Maternal love is a bitch. It takes a woman in its grip at the most unexpected moments. ~ Ananya Mehta Votes: 1

Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears. Votes: 1

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person. Votes: 1

If your children know who God is they will know who they are, regardless of where you or they call home. Votes: 1

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. Votes: 1

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. Votes: 1

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way. Votes: 1

If I hear any more loud voices, you will both be auctioned off on eBay. I could use the extra money. Votes: 1

Since taking are of one small baby is the hardest job on earth, I am constantly late, as I am today. Votes: 1

My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own. Votes: 1

Money-it can buy your kids anything, but it cannot teach them love, respect, and the true value of living life without things. Votes: 1

But it's a child! You're a man!Your powers of observation are formidable, said Charles. You are a credit to your optician. Votes: 1

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly. Votes: 1

Sure, I'd like a child of my own. I'd also like a laser pistol, that doesn't mean someone should give me one. Votes: 1

We can easily teach our kids hot to be kind, compassionate and respectful when we are kind, compassionate and respectful to them. Votes: 1

The reason any person yaks excessively is because his communication is not being adequately acknowledged. He just keeps trying to be heard. Votes: 1

Nothing's scarier than having a sick child, and one so newly born, and so vulnerable. It's the worst thing for a parent. Votes: 1

Forgive your child and yourself nightly. You didn't ask to live with the effects of ADHD any more than did your child. Votes: 1

Unfortunately, we spend more time teaching our daughters how to avoid becoming rape victims than teaching our sons not to become rapists. Votes: 1

Parents who always whisper the word sex unintentionally tell their kids, I don't want to talk about this. Get your answers elsewhere. Votes: 1

When we aren't curious in conversations we judge, tell, blame and even shame, often without even knowing it, which leads to conflict. Votes: 1

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away. Votes: 1

parent could embarrass their kids during the teenage years, but only a true virtuoso could embarrass them into their twenties and beyond. Votes: 1

The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life. Votes: 1

Teaching our children to live a quiet, sane, and balanced life is one of the most important parental tasks of our day. Votes: 1

Make no mistake, every child has his own light, no matter how difficult or defiant or unlikeable he or she might seem. Votes: 1

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. Votes: 1

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted. Votes: 1

I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names. Votes: 1

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow in your arms. Votes: 1

Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons. Votes: 1

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Votes: 1

If you do not have a close friendship with your children, I will. Child Molester warning all parents from the book Type 1 Sociopath Votes: 1

A small step forward every . . single day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today? Votes: 1

By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments. Votes: 1

Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. Votes: 1

The innocence of a child is an astounding quality which if not withered away as they grow can spread love and happiness everywhere Votes: 1

Currently, the average age of exposure to hardcore pornography is 9 years old. None of this can be good for anyoneexcept the sex industry. Votes: 1

There's no single effort more radical in it's potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children. Votes: 1

If you do not have a close friendship with your children, I will.--Child Molester warning all parents from the book Type 1 Sociopath Votes: 1

Consistency also teaches us that some things do not change, though we may wish they would. Not everything bends to our personal preferences. Votes: 1

Without the support from religion--remember, we talked about it--no father, using only his own resources, would be able to bring up a child. Votes: 1

Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact with. Votes: 1

What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. Votes: 1

When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911. Votes: 1

I am not in the entertainment business. I don't give a damn if it was spectacular or not. I want cause and effect. Votes: 1

What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand. Votes: 1

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. Votes: 1

She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing singleabout a single mom. Votes: 1

My greatest hope is to be a mother who loves Jesus with a deep and abiding affection that joyfully overflows to my children. Votes: 1

Asking a parent not to be a parent is like asking the sun not to be hot or snow not to be cold. Votes: 1

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children; and here was one who was worshipping a stone! Votes: 1

But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better. Votes: 1

If you want to know about sex don't ask your parents. They don't have any and know nothing about it. Find out yourself Votes: 1

Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do. Votes: 1

Why children?' he asked. 'Why always children? For love to end where it begins is far more beautiful, and Nature knows it. Votes: 1

Health is not a physical accomplishment but the manifestation of our awareness of who we are and integrity in living out of that knowledge. Votes: 1

Real Fathers make a positive impact on their generation, and so give the next generation the advantage of a better nation to live in Votes: 1

How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them. Votes: 1

If Mother had to be told not to shove the entire brick of Ivory up Junior's hindquarters, constipation is the least of his problems. Votes: 1

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. Votes: 1

And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks? Votes: 1

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code. Votes: 1

Listening to our kids with an open heart & mind is the strongest way to build a relationship with them - especially when they're wrong. Votes: 1

What did I tell you about plastic ties? Only for humans, Julie murmured.If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything. Votes: 1

Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God. Votes: 1

That's the news from Lake Woebegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. Votes: 1

Like any other tool for facilitating the completion of a questionable task, rewards offer a how answer to what is really a why question. Votes: 1

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife. Votes: 1

If I really wanted to say or ask anything important (to her imposing father) I could not trust my tongue to get it right. Votes: 1

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. Votes: 1

There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children. Votes: 1

Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams. Votes: 1

All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. Votes: 1

Kid's don't care how many sermons you preach to them. The only sermon they'll hear is how you live your life in front of them. Votes: 1

Among the most sacred gifts you can give your child is the gift of health. This gift is best given by example. Dr. Rand Olson Votes: 1

We could adopt. there are lots of kids out there who could grow up to hate us as much as any kid we could make Votes: 1

I know what it feels like to miss everything about him--the way he smells, the way his mouth curls up when he laughs, his voice. Votes: 1

It is no better if your son rapes a woman than when your daughter gets raped. It is equally painful, may be more.~ Rudransh Kashyap Votes: 1

A good parent is not someone that knows how to be a good parent, but knows how to learn how to be a good parent. Votes: 1

There is only one thing worse than a little baby who won't stop crying: it is a big baby who won't stop whining about it Votes: 1

Your son is heir to an enormous fortune and name. Someone would be bound to bid for you him and take him as his ward. Votes: 1

Kids took a fathomless amount of time and energyAnd they took it first. They had right of first refusal on everything you had to offer. p220 Votes: 1

A yummy mummy is a dedicated and loving mom who embodies a healthy lifestyle while retaining a sense of the person she was before having kids. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

There's not a lot I can fix for her anymore. Band-Aid and bedtime story days are almost over. This, I can fix with a simple Welcome. Votes: 1

I had come to realize that you must do what you must for your children, even it if called for the sacrifice of your very soul. Votes: 1

If you're using most of your energy to do stuff for your kids, then you'll have that much less energy to just be there for them. Votes: 1

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting. Votes: 1

The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance. Votes: 1

Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around. Votes: 1

Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be their hero. Votes: 1

This is my life's work. It is a user's manual to the human being, a parenting book and how to be the best you can be. Votes: 1

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Votes: 1

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. Votes: 1

As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that the real world has teeth Votes: 1

(Da) Sorry, Son, what was that? I was too busy ignoring you.(Later) Sorry, Son, I missed that, Ma said. Ignoring you can be a full-time job. Votes: 1

If you can pick the baby up without him squirting our of your hands like a bar of soap in the shower, he's not oiled up enough. Votes: 1

But I was beginning to feel like it all fit together, the same way everything in the bowl ends up in the bisquits, as Amma would say. Votes: 1

We seem to need the motivation of pain or discomfort to drive us from our current manner of thinking and being to a higher level of reality. Votes: 1

Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid. Votes: 1

If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support. Votes: 1

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means. Votes: 1

He was afraid to pick up the baby. If he touched it, it might bond with him or something. Or he might leave fingerprints all over it. Votes: 1

The soul mate we marry can become an ex, but the soul mates we have in our children will be ours forever, until the end of our life. Votes: 1

I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world. Votes: 1

No one said parenting was easy,but NO good parent has any right to give up.It is one labyrinth you can never quit because it seems too hard. Votes: 1

If the world is so cruel you are frightened of it, I will hold you, and protect you, and teach it to love you as I already love you. Votes: 1

You love your child for who the child is, not as an extension of your identity or as an example of your good parenting or even as a companion. Votes: 1