Parenting Quotes

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves full over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way.

My need to parent is so much bigger, sometimes, than my children’s need for parenting.

For every guy who loves being a dad, there’s another who realizes too late that he’s created something his wife loves more than him.

If you remain dependent on your parents all your life, do not carry a wrong pretence that you are even born.

I hated the flashcards and I hated the multiplication tables, but I did enjoy the fact that my dad took time out of his schedule to help me in the areas in which I needed it.

With great inspiration, every man can reach their highest potential.

Do not speak harshly to a grown-up man. He is old enough to be your father.

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

When our feet talk to us, we listen.

How well you do things should be incidental, not integral, to the way you regard yourself.

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is self-confidence.

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

Resilience is built from real hardship and cannot be bought or manufactured.

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

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

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

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

What we sometimes see as annoying, incessant questions from a child may be a plea for recognition. Maybe they do not need an answer as much as attention.

Journal writing is a wonderful pathway to self-awareness.

Your supporters can help you think in new ways, solve problems, and burst through barriers.

If all else fails, try to get some sleep…whether you realize it or not, getting enough sleep can make it easier to solve problems, control your emotions, and cope with change.

Ask yourself exactly what you want in your life—now and in the future. If you were given the opportunity to do or have anything, what would it be, and why?

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

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

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

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

To those of you who are yet to plunge into the zygote pool and want to know what both plumbless horror and pure love feels like, have yourself a baby...

It was a soulless gaze, burning with a wild hatred that shouldn’t be there in anyone who could call themselves a parent.

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

There's a world of difference between, "Look at this mess you made!" and "I don't like to see food on the floor!

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

Bobby Kennedy said that when he had been a boy there were three major influences on children – the home, the church, and the school – and now there was a fourth – television.

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

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

They should love you, just as you are. Parents should love their kids, right?" "You'd think so.

The Creator favors the man who LOVES over the man who HATES. If you teach hatred to your children, one day your child will have that hatred reflected back onto them and onto YOU.

It's not enough, and so limiting, to teach the simplistic value of a designer's material wear. Give children the gift of values that will last far beyond [a] fad's temporal popularity.

Taking time to create memories will stamp moments that will forever be etched on your heart and on the hearts of your children.

I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls.

Keeping secrets from your father will only lead to trouble.

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

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

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.

I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them.Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.

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.

When a child hits a child, we call it aggression.When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility.When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault.When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

A daughter, ' Rowley scooped up the child and held her high. The baby blinked from sleep and crowed with him. 'Any fool can have a son, ' he said. 'It takes a man to conceive a daughter.

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.

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