Parenting Children Quotes

Parenting Children Quote of the day

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

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

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

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

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

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

The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

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

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

The rules of parenting have changed. By the modern definition, we were a generation of neglected children.

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.

You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.

What a difference it makes to come home to a child!

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

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

Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility of every grownup in a child’s life.

One of the ways in which parenting is a learning experience and an opportunity for moral growth is that we learn as parents that we don't choose the kind of child that we have.

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

Therefore, your mistakes and your failures are blessings; opportunities for the best in parenting. And those who point out your mistakes are not your enemies, but the most valuable of friends.

What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.

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

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

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

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

Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.

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

So many parents think they always need to teach their children about life, when in fact, if they listened once in a while, they would learn from their kids what life is truly about.

It’s entirely on our children to build their best futures. Not on us, parents. And we should be imprinting this message on our children’s brains from as early as possible.

Baggage? Who are you talking to? I am the Maharajah of baggage. I could fly to the moon and back and never have to do laundry.

Mom Voice - A mother's vocal range when even the neighbours will clean their rooms and eat their veggies.

Teach faith as a non-negotiable - What should your family be aware of? Why should they be aware of these things? How will they become aware? When and at what stages must they become aware?

Love one another with great passion.

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

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

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.

The birth of a child is a joy to the parent and the world.

Acknowledge and voice the positives LOUDER than the negatives.

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

Be fair. Play hard.

They programmed you with the best of intentions but unfortunately their best was mediocrity.

Saturday mornings, I’ve learned, are a great opportunity for kids to sneak into your bed, fall back asleep, and kick you in the face.

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

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

Children make your lives a mess and set your priorities straight.

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.

Whatever I haven’t accomplished biologically obviously wasn't all that imperative.

Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t oke enough holes to drain it dry.

This is not a contest with your child. The winner is not the one with more points. The winner is the one whose child still loves them when they graduate from high school.

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