Parenting Quotes

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

We may not have had the same experiences as other parents, but I’m okay with that now.

When young people are insecure, they find ways to manufacture love tests – personal metrics to reassure themselves.

Trying to win a power struggle is like trying to win a nuclear war. You may achieve your goal, but not without catastrophic casualties on both sides.

I need to work on developing a new, less irritable personality. though I suspect that an empty nest would be at least a partial cure, today I resorted to substance abuse.

As women, we'd be exponentially lighter if we'd sort through some of our emotional clutter... We need to dispose of the crud that we no longer need. Excerpt from essay #3 "What's in my Purse?

In my entire life, I never once heard either of my parents say they were stressed. That was just not a phrase I grew up being allowed to say. That, and the concept of "Me time".

Abigail Adams is willing to risk her son's exposure to danger in Europe so that he can be at his fathers side, at an age where he can "most benefit from his father's example and precepts.

You cannot stop loving your child because you know that he has committed a wrong action. But you certainly stop loving yourself for loving him. ~ Rudransh Kashyap

People say that every person plays the lead role in the movie of their own lives. I don't. I play a side character even in my own life's movie. ~ Mrigank Kashyap

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

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

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

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

Pulling at the hem of my emotion was the creeping sense that it might well take until 2036 for this child in my arms to feel a fraction of what I already felt for her.

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

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

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

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

I have one top-notch baby with whom I am in love. It's a head-over-heels "first love" kind of thing, because I pay for everything and all we do is hold hands.

. . .you sounded frustrated and pissed off and amazingly happy

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

Managing in-home nursing is not always easy. It can be terribly frustrating sometimes, and it can take a while to feel like everything is under control, but success is possible.

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

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

An exhausted parent can’t provide the best care, although occasionally, we have all had to do so.

It's time to undo Rahim.

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

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

The more love and support your child receives, the richer his or her life becomes, and nurses can certainly add to the circle of love surrounding your child.

Think of instinct as an unscientific, unquantifiable tool that can be used along with more concrete evaluations to make a well-rounded decision.

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

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

The health of your future kids does not start with their birth—it starts with you, right now, well before you plan to impregnate your wife.

Love your kids and just be there for them. You don’t have to eyeball their every moment or to orchestrate all their comings and goings. They know this. They know that’s too much.

When we start to realize how amazing God's story is, a question naturally arises: "Who am I that I should get to be a part of the greatest story ever told?

children need love most when they don't deserve it

If you feel judged by others, remember that they don't live in your house at night, and they don't care for your child. You do, and you are capable of doing the right thing for your child.

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

Mostly good is enough. Mostly good produces healthy kids who know they are valued and either forget the other parts or turn them into funny stories.

My personal philosophy is that, as a parent, it is my job to find that balance of when my child is ready to try something on her own and when she needs help.

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

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

During childhood, it’s about trying to help develop who your kid’s going to be. During adolescence, it’s about responding to who your kid wants to be.

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

And they certainly wouldn’t take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.

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

It’s a fool who thinks having a kid is a right, which is the biggest crock of fish heads I’ve ever heard.

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

Women are responsible for the people in the family having pants.