Quotes about Parents and Children

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. Votes: 4

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. Votes: 3

Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety. Votes: 2

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching. Votes: 2

We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent. Votes: 2

By pushing children and wanting quick success, parents are producing followers, not leaders. Votes: 2

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for. Votes: 2

Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back. Votes: 2

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children. Votes: 2

When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around. Votes: 2

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Votes: 2

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together. Votes: 2

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. Votes: 2

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize. Votes: 2

All parents hope and pray that their children will make wise decisions. Children who are obedient and responsible bring to their parents unending pride and satisfaction. Votes: 2

Children are to be born into a family where the parents hold the needs of children equal to their own in importance. And children are to love parents and each other. Votes: 2

While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting. Votes: 2

From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. Votes: 2

When you have a godly husband, a godly wife, children who respect their parents and who are loved by their parents, who provide for those children their physical and spiritual and material needs, lovingly, you have the ideal unit. Votes: 2

Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate. Votes: 1

Children imitate their parents, employees their managers. Votes: 0

The children of childish parents age quickly. Votes: 0

Children learn to smile from their parents. Votes: 0

For children, parents are a yardstick for normalcy. Votes: 0

Most parents don’t know really their children. Votes: 0

So parents, get your children's permission to watch! Votes: 0

Different parents have different standards for their children. Votes: 0

It takes dedicated parents to produce consecrated children. Votes: 0

all children blackmail their parents with their innocence. Votes: 0

In Sweden, both parents take care of the children. Votes: 0

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval. Votes: 0

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children. Votes: 0

Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children. Votes: 0

Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people. Votes: 0

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too... Votes: 0

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Votes: 0

Sometimes maybe children also fulfill their parents' secrets desire. Votes: 0

children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people Votes: 0

Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents. Votes: 0

Parents should be the most important examples for their children. Votes: 0

Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa. Votes: 0

Well-mannered children could be conceived if the parents were well-mannered. Votes: 0

Of course parents want their children to confide in them. Votes: 0

The state doesn't own your children. Parents own the children. Votes: 0

My parents were hippies. I'm the eldest of eight children. Votes: 0

Dear parents, teach your children to pray. Pray with them. Votes: 0

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Votes: 0

If we value our children, we must cherish their parents Votes: 0

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. Votes: 0

If parents would only realize how they bore their children. Votes: 0

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you. Votes: 0

Children always think they did something wrong when their parents disappear. Votes: 0

What God is to the world, parents are to their children. Votes: 0

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. Votes: 0

Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children. Votes: 0

the sins of children rise up in judgment against their parents. Votes: 0

Revolution devours its own parents as well as its own children. Votes: 0

Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children. Votes: 0

Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. Votes: 0

The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents. Votes: 0

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues. Votes: 0

Parents have the ability to screen their children's Internet access at home. Votes: 0

Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding. Votes: 0

Children, when they are little, they make parents fools; when great, mad. Votes: 0

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood. Votes: 0

I think the children of Hollywood are more influential than the parents. Votes: 0

When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral. Votes: 0

Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. Votes: 0

I often find that the best parents are the ones without children. Votes: 0

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. Votes: 0

Children have an uncanny memory for what parents say, but don't do. Votes: 0

As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are. Votes: 0

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future. Votes: 0

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children. Votes: 0

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents. Votes: 0

That's what children are for"”that their parents may not be bored. Votes: 0

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully Votes: 0

Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will. Votes: 0

Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere. Votes: 0

We first become salesmen as children in the confession booths of our parents. Votes: 0

Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves? Votes: 0

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. Votes: 0

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. Votes: 0

Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. Votes: 0

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings. Votes: 0

There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children. Votes: 0

Parents don't know their children at all.No one knows anyone, in fact. Votes: 0

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors. Votes: 0

No matter what the delusions are, parents do not really know their children Votes: 0

I think children of divorced parents do grow up quicker. You just do. Votes: 0

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors. Votes: 0

The most powerful teaching of children is by the example of their parents. Votes: 0

My parents believe in the happy endings to the stories of their children. Votes: 0

What better can parents and children give to each other than respectful, understanding attention. Votes: 0

Manners will become important to children only if they are important to their parents. Votes: 0

When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents. Votes: 0

This would be a better place for children if parents had to eat spinach. Votes: 0

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. Votes: 0

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. Votes: 0

Children key off their parents' reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself. Votes: 0

Parents must refuse to cooperate with any psychological evaluation of their children in school. Votes: 0

Parents give up their rights when they drop the children off at public school. Votes: 0

I wonder what children whose parents have money think about in their spare time. Votes: 0

Parents who indulge themselves 'in moderation' may have children who indulge themselves to excess. Votes: 0

How can those of us who are parents help our children recognize their bliss? Votes: 0

I don't have any children. I just have a cat, to my parents' dismay. Votes: 0

Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents. Votes: 0

Parents cannot be in the same physical space as their children at all times. Votes: 0

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents. Votes: 0

A lot of what children's hurt feelings are about is how the parents react. Votes: 0

The children have to save themselves these days because the parents have no clue. Votes: 0

Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age. Votes: 0

Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health. Votes: 0

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents. Votes: 0

What we are is our parents' children; what we become is our children's parents. Votes: 0

Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents. Votes: 0

Nobody is free… Everyone has a prison. Wife, parents, children, they all make prisons. Votes: 0

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency. Votes: 0

For parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power. Votes: 0

How to advise parents for being successful in raising children stillremains an important unsolved problem. Votes: 0

Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality. Votes: 0

sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children. Votes: 0

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself. Votes: 0

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you. Votes: 0

Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged. Votes: 0

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. Votes: 0

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children. Votes: 0

Between children and parents, there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people. Votes: 0

Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children. Votes: 0

I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together. Votes: 0

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. Votes: 0

Serve your parents if you expect your children to serve you when you are old Votes: 0

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 0

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 0

Treat your old parents as you would like to be treated by your children later. Votes: 0

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. Votes: 0

The first and finest lesson that parents can teach their children is faith and courage. Votes: 0

Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. Votes: 0

It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around. Votes: 0

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children. Votes: 0

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. Votes: 0

Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we'd had. Votes: 0

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents. Votes: 0

when we are young our parents run our life; when we get older, our children do. Votes: 0

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. Votes: 0

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together. Votes: 0

I believe that parents who love their children do everything for them with love, even discipline. Votes: 0

From biscuit to brides, if there is anything their children really want, parents have a problem. Votes: 0

You know, more children die under the age of five when the parents are not educated. Votes: 0

Parents do not own their children. They have no "˜natural right' to control their education fully. Votes: 0

I believe that a parents role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. Votes: 0

There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all. Votes: 0

Lovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents. Votes: 0

We write not only for children but also for their parents. They, too, are serious children. Votes: 0

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any. Votes: 0

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave, when they think that their children are naive. Votes: 0

I think one of the things when you're casting children is you're also casting their parents. Votes: 0

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents. Votes: 0

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English. Votes: 0

Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive. Votes: 0

To be friends with God means to pray with simplicity, like children talking to their parents. Votes: 0

Parents are the most likely to be victims of the violence of their mentally ill children. Votes: 0

I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children. Votes: 0

The reasonableness of the command to obey parents is clear to children, even when quite young. Votes: 0

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves. Votes: 0

Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals. Votes: 0

The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents. Votes: 0

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. Votes: 0

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children. Votes: 0

By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them." Votes: 0

I don't want to rip families apart. I don't want to be sending parents away from children. Votes: 0

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. Votes: 0

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents. Votes: 0

I know it sounds really weedy, but we are all children who seek approval from our parents. Votes: 0

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. Votes: 0

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. Votes: 0

IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE Votes: 0

My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children. Votes: 0

By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them. Votes: 0

We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children. Votes: 0

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents? Votes: 0

Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves. Votes: 0

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. Votes: 0

Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception. Votes: 0

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education. Votes: 0

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. Votes: 0

Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all. Votes: 0

Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can't separate them. Votes: 0

If there is anyone dependent on your income - parents, children, relatives - you need life insurance. Votes: 0

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants. Votes: 0

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children. Votes: 0

Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents. Votes: 0

No matter how knowledgeable you are, respect your parents for their experience and your children for their curiosity. Votes: 0

Parents want their kids' approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents' approval. Votes: 0

I think parents generally know what's best for their children. But I suppose it's possible to be overprotective. Votes: 0

I shall lend credit to nothing against my people which parents would not believe against their own children. Votes: 0

You're always a kid around your parents" Unless they're acting like children. Then you don't get the chance. Votes: 0

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money. Votes: 0

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children. Votes: 0

In spite of what youngsters think, parents do not get a sneaky thrill out of punishing their children. Votes: 0

Neither of my parents would ever stand in the way of any of their children speaking their minds. Votes: 0

When children are ready to talk, that is the time for parents to listen, regardless of the hour. Votes: 0

Lifestyles and sex roles are passed from parents to children as inexorably as blue eyes or small feet. Votes: 0

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time. Votes: 0

It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis. Votes: 0

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Votes: 0

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. Votes: 0

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children. Votes: 0

It's quite sad that so many children go through life unsure whether their parents love them or not. Votes: 0

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children. Votes: 0

Both parents' rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents. Votes: 0

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. Votes: 0

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money. Votes: 0

Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others. Votes: 0

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child. Votes: 0

Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. Votes: 0

The example of parents is the greatest teacher. Parents must stand out as models of happiness to their children. Votes: 0

The greatest source of security our children have in this world is a God-honoring, Christ-centered marriage between their parents. Votes: 0

After you're finished celebrating your 60th birthday, feel free to stop supporting your children, and start supporting your parents! Votes: 0

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth. Votes: 0

Here's a note to the parents of addicted children: Choose your music carefully...There are millions of treacherous moments. Votes: 0

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents. Votes: 0

I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children. Votes: 0

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. Votes: 0

While parents should always provide shelter from a storm, they should sometimes allow children to play in the rain. Votes: 0

Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters. Votes: 0

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children. Votes: 0

To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children. Votes: 0

All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents. Votes: 0

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct. Votes: 0

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed. Votes: 0

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. Votes: 0

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! Votes: 0

What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love. Votes: 0

I'm always crying. I get a lump in my throat when I see intimacy between parents and their children. Votes: 0

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them. Votes: 0

It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth. Votes: 0

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them. Votes: 0

Parents have to get over the idea that their children belong just to them; children are a family affair. Votes: 0

I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them. Votes: 0

About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia. Votes: 0

Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it. Votes: 0

The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents. Votes: 0

I'm glad that Christian parents let their children worship the devil at least one night out of the year. Votes: 0

At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead. Votes: 0

After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty. Votes: 0

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Votes: 0

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. Votes: 0

One of the first things one notices in a backward country is that children are still obeying their parents Votes: 0

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible. Votes: 0

It's important for the children's point of view. That they have parents who are equally unreasonable, but in different ways. Votes: 0

Proud parents to two children Grandparents to five more Who visit the "Harper Bakery" It's Gran's cooking they all adore Votes: 0

We are our own children's perfect parents, and within us lie all the simple, yet profound qualities of inner perfection. Votes: 0

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. Votes: 0

Women are holding up the world. We're taking care our children and, very often, our parents and sometimes our grandparents. Votes: 0

Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced. Votes: 0

In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled. Votes: 0

It is a violent sport that we choose as men, and that we as parents allow our children to play. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. Votes: 0

Parents have no clue how many things they never teach their children. Their children are simply born with those things. Votes: 0

I don't have children, but I imagine if parents are really pushed on the subject, they probably have favorite children. Votes: 0

Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule. Votes: 0

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read. Votes: 0

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. Votes: 0

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being. Votes: 0

Raising children was not designed for single parents. (Which is why divorce was such a taboo prior to birth control). Votes: 0

Today's troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don't want their children to have parents Votes: 0

Optimistic parents raise resilient children, but pessimistic parents raise broken offspring. Wherever there is darkness, show your children the light. Votes: 0

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. Votes: 0

The best thing parents can do for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be. Votes: 0

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses. Votes: 0

What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well. Votes: 0

I am a member of the 'sandwich' generation, that group that must simultaneously care for elderly parents and support children. Votes: 0

Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take? Votes: 0

Save the children of the World from their acidic lifestyles and diets and their acidic parents who are feeding them. Votes: 0

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life. Votes: 0

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years. Votes: 0

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck. Votes: 0

Children are sensitive and receptive to the thoughts of others about them, and often outpicture the fears of their parents. Votes: 0

It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers. Votes: 0

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to. Votes: 0

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't lie to their children-not even when they think it's for their own good. Even a little lie is dangerous ... Votes: 0

Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives. Votes: 0

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents. Votes: 0

Ours was a loving, nurturing household, but, at the same time, my parents' goal was to make all their children self-sufficient. Votes: 0

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. Votes: 0

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children. Votes: 0

The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them - thus preserving the system. Votes: 0

the temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings. Votes: 0

I am feeling as if my parents are my children. I'm extremely protective about both of them while on the set Votes: 0

Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have. Votes: 0

I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with. Votes: 0

I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. Votes: 0

The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids. Votes: 0

There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see. Votes: 0

Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer. Votes: 0

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated. Votes: 0

Children are ready to learn when they are ready to learn, not necessarily when their parents are ready to teach them. Votes: 0

There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way. Votes: 0

Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children. Votes: 0

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves. Votes: 0

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things. Votes: 0

No more children should be born when the parents, though healthy themselves, find that their children are physically or mentally defective. Votes: 0

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe. Votes: 0

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. Votes: 0

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good. Votes: 0

If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture Votes: 0

Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew. Votes: 0

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking. Votes: 0

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. Votes: 0

I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. Votes: 0

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure. Votes: 0

And a great misunderstanding is that children think their parents are grown-up, and parents feel obliged to act as if they were. Votes: 0

I don't dislike children, I just don't particularly want to be around with them a lot. Problem is, neither do their parents. Votes: 0

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary. Votes: 0

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy. Votes: 0

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children? Votes: 0

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. Votes: 0

I want to show how much fun you can have drawing... parents and children can draw together as a wonderful shared activity. Votes: 0

When parents neglect their responsibility to correct and discipline their children society suffers. The results are crimes and harm committed against others. Votes: 0

Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children's dependence away from us until it rests solely on God. Votes: 0

I'm not sure if my parents had me because they loved me, or because they wanted someone to watch their other children. Votes: 0

When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten. Votes: 0

Occasionally I've seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings. Votes: 0

Children do not find fault with their parents until later. In the beginning, the love you get is the love that sets. Votes: 0

I do want to have children, but my parents had me when they were in their forties. I'd like to copy that. Votes: 0

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible... and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary. Votes: 0

The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way. Votes: 0

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children. Votes: 0

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. Votes: 0

I have often noticed that spoiled, petted children, usually have very little love for their parents, or indeed for any one but themselves. Votes: 0

We must hate - hatred is the basis of communism. Children must be taught to hate their parents if they are not communists. Votes: 0

The best bought-up children are those who have seen thier parents as they are. Hypocrisy is not the first duty of a parent. Votes: 0

However deep our devotion may be to parents or to children, it is our contemporaries alone with whom understanding is instinctive and entire. Votes: 0

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people. Votes: 0

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: 0

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity. Votes: 0

The purest love is the one between parents and their children. The rest may be more elevated, but never as deep or long-lasting Votes: 0

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents. Votes: 0

Parents have to instill the right principles in their children, but then it's up to the children to live up to those principles. Votes: 0

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: 0

When we outlaw child pornography, the prices paid for child performers rise, increasing the incentives for parents to use children against their will. Votes: 0

With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there. Votes: 0

No school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests Votes: 0

Parents do not have the courage to say no to certain things that their children demand. They are rather scared of their children. Votes: 0

Stories arrest us. Parents use stories to capture the attention of active children. Preachers use stories to capture the attention of sleepy adults. Votes: 0

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting. Votes: 0

Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons. Votes: 0

But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much. Votes: 0

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: 0

Through the 'It's About Ability' campaign and with parents and other members of society, we have created a social family for children with disabilities. Votes: 0

When you have children, you start to play with them and you mirror yourself. You see your parents in yourself. It's all about mirroring. Votes: 0

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits. Votes: 0

We all, parents, educators, community leaders, and every... citizen, need to come together to find new ways to engage children with the natural environment. Votes: 0

At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. Votes: 0

Children born of married parents in America face a higher risk of seeing them break up than children born of unmarried parents in Sweden. Votes: 0

If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning. Votes: 0

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it. Votes: 0

The church still meets people at the transition points. Marriages break down. Children commit suicide and leave helpless parents. Death and suffering are everywhere. Votes: 0

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. Votes: 0

Children don’t require of their parents a past and they find something faintly unbelievable, almost embarrassing, in parental claims to a prior existence. Votes: 0

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents. Votes: 0

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. Votes: 0

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts. Votes: 0

each generation devises better ways to survive. Civilization may, in one sense, be a tribute to the ingeniousness of some children in outwitting parents. Votes: 0

When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education. Votes: 0

My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It's strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing the end. Votes: 0

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children Votes: 0

Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them. Votes: 0

Children are not our property, and they are not ours to control any more that we were our parents' property or theirs to control. Votes: 0

The role of godly parents is to make sure that the hearts and minds of their children are saturated with the Word of God. Votes: 0

Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity. Votes: 0

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way. Votes: 0

I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them. Votes: 0

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. Votes: 0

Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out. Votes: 0

Fertility is hereditary. If your parents didn't have any children, neither will you. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. Votes: 0

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them. Votes: 0

My love of reading and the English language is something given to me by my parents, and I've passed it on to my children. Votes: 0

Parents teach their children to look both ways when crossing the street. They tell them to look only one way when choosing a religion. Votes: 0

Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents. Votes: 0

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Votes: 0

One of the things about parents and children is that there is no way that you go through this without there being mutual anger. Votes: 0

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up. Votes: 0

What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often. Votes: 0

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you. Votes: 0

Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community. Votes: 0

Human relationships used to be easy: you had friends, boy- or girlfriends, parents, children, and landlords. Now, thanks to social media, it's all gone sideways. Votes: 0

Now, we've made the revolutionary discovery that children have two parents. A decade ago even the kindly Dr. Spock held mothers solely responsible for children. Votes: 0

I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully. Votes: 0

To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child. Votes: 0

One of the most meaningful things we can do as parents is teach our children the power of prayer, not just the routine of prayer. Votes: 0

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it. Votes: 0

Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents. Votes: 0

Parents don't want their children to lose that purity and innocence of childhood. We want to bottle that and hold onto that, but it's impossible. Votes: 0

Some children do what they're told to do; some children do what they're told not to do; all children do what they're parents have done. Votes: 0

Parents can offer their help by suggesting and locating resources likely to be unfamiliar to children, such as people, books, andmaterials that can be useful. Votes: 0

My son is an integral part of my life; the fact of life is that parents and children need you; wife doesn't really need you. Votes: 0

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too. Votes: 0

If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive. Votes: 0

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children. Votes: 0

Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them. Votes: 0

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children. Votes: 0

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to. Votes: 0

All parents all over the world want their children to lead a better life than themselves, but they need to believe that change is possible. Votes: 0

Children can withstand a lot of pressure and trial from the outside if the home inside is held steady by parents whose character is steady. Votes: 0

Many parents make the mistake of giving love and approval to their children only when their children do something that they want them to do. Votes: 0

If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles. Votes: 0

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children. Votes: 0

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children. Votes: 0

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel. Votes: 0

My mother birthed three children and she adopted myself and another African-American son. My adoptive parents were Finnish. I grew up in a white picket neighborhood. Votes: 0

The world is an unfair place because of bullying. A lot of parents loose their children because of bullying next time think twice before bullying someone. Votes: 0

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models. Votes: 0

I wanted to create a place where parents can come and find products that are safe for their children, as well as good for the planet. Votes: 0

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street. Votes: 0

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need. Votes: 0

The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses. Votes: 0

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them. Votes: 0

As the middle class is predated upon with an ever greater malicious intensity, their children stand to lose more and harder than their parents ever did. Votes: 0

It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children. Votes: 0

A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children 'see' God the way they perceive their earthly fathers. Votes: 0

Whenever we release our need to be right about everything as parents, we are able to meet our children in a relationship of mutuality and respect. Votes: 0

If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably follow. Votes: 0

My parents were devoted. Civic minded. We had family counsels. Three of us children against two of them. We lived a 'Leave It to Beaver' time. Votes: 0

In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families. Votes: 0

One of the greatest things parents can do for their children is to believe in them(their uniqueness) and help them realize their own God-given dreams Votes: 0

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns. Votes: 0

The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity. Votes: 0

Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important. Votes: 0

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents. Votes: 0

As long as children are still getting kicked out of their homes by parents, getting bullied, commuting suicide, et cetera. it's definitely still worth talking about. Votes: 0

Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely. Votes: 0

On the whole she found erring children easier to deal with than their frantic parents, confirming her conclusion that marriage did strange things to the adult mind. Votes: 0

One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children. Votes: 0

Arizona is a national leader in school choice with both charter schools and tuition tax credits giving parents and their children more school choices than ever before. Votes: 0

While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and hearts of children. Votes: 0

They [parents] can resist the impulse to "prove" their love by showering children with things they do not need and give them precisous time and attention instead. Votes: 0

Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are struggling and that aren't well. Votes: 0

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use. Votes: 0

Here is the beginning of understanding: most parents are doing their best, and most children are doing their best, and they're doing pretty well, all things considered. Votes: 0

Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. Votes: 0

Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as Gods children. Votes: 0

Children are wonderful, but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be. Votes: 0

Teach love, generosity, good manners and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home and who knows, the children will be educating the parents. Votes: 0

My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody. Votes: 0

Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren. Votes: 0

Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit how horrible their children are. Votes: 0

Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy. Votes: 0

Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they would have their children go. Votes: 0

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy. Votes: 0

I played maybe one and a half games of Little League. The whole atmosphere of anxious parents and more anxious children was just too much for me. Votes: 0

Children are wonderful but they are not the center of the universe. The sooner their parents make them understand that, the better off we all will be. Votes: 0

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents. Votes: 0

Under these conditions it is not astonishing that learning was highly prized; in fact, my parents made sacrifices to be able to give their children a good education. Votes: 0

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing. Votes: 0

Like most parents, I think, my children have been the source of some of my most intense joys and despairs, my deepest moral dilemmas and greatest moral achievements. Votes: 0

My suggestion is that there's no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There's no way out. They're a misery, all of them. Votes: 0

As children, my siblings and I were actively discouraged from acting. I have no memories of going on set with my parents - aside from 'Gulliver's Travels.' Votes: 0

My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her - with the goal of saving him. Votes: 0

Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not from what they say they do. Votes: 0

I'm sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads. Votes: 0

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models. Votes: 0

However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home. Votes: 0

I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents. Votes: 0

My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody.' Votes: 0

There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst. Votes: 0

...it is a telling fact that, the world over, the vast majority of children follow the religion of their parents rather than any of the other available religions. Votes: 0

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done. Votes: 0

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children. Votes: 0

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. Votes: 0

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults. Votes: 0

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. Votes: 0

Mysteries, like the Masonic rites, are ones parents and elders are sworn not to reveal to the uninitiated, which include all children. And so we sought for signs. Votes: 0

A good, all-loving god would not destroy his creations no matter how they act. He tells parents to love their children unconditionally. I say 'you first, God.' Votes: 0

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children. Votes: 0

I have met with many of the great parents who lost their children to sanctuary cities and open borders. So many people, so many, many people. So sad. Votes: 0

In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.. Votes: 0

In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that they didn't have enough time with their parents. Votes: 0

Ours is an age of pedagogy. Anxious parents instruct their children more and more, at younger and younger ages, until they're reading books to babies in the womb. Votes: 0

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults Votes: 0

I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that their parents be real. Votes: 0

We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently. Votes: 0

Like most parents in the US, they are trying, with a little help from UNICEF, to do the best they can to help their children reach their full potential... Votes: 0

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. Votes: 0

Germany and Israel should dream together for a Middle East in which all the countries are willing to exchange the dispute of the parents with peace for their children. Votes: 0

In homes where high ideals and gospel values are maintained, it is parents, not teachers, who lay the foundation of character and faith in the hearts of their children. Votes: 0

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of irresponsible and unintelligent quacks. Votes: 0

Your fear that your parents will actually kill you for dropping out of college is something that I think a lot of children of immigrants would maybe relate to. Votes: 0

Marriage is like a table with four legs - the couple, the children, the parents and the in-laws. Break any of these and the marriage crashes to the floor Votes: 0

The children of believing parents, at least their next and immediate seed, even of us Gentiles now under the gospel, are included by God within the covenant of grace. Votes: 0

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer? Votes: 0

Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved. They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion. Votes: 0

If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a better life than you did. Votes: 0

The children never connect me with the man onstage when I come out the stage door. The parents spend all their time trying to convince them that I'm Caractacus. Votes: 0

The whole 'R' rating depends on a strange sort of fantasy land where all adults are responsible people, and children only ever go to the cinema with their parents. Votes: 0

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated. Votes: 0

I realize that it is as one ages and loses one's natural force that one is at the mercy of heredity. The young are themselves: the aging, their parents' children. Votes: 0