Parenting Quotes
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it won't change the fact that they are upset.
Most of the time, it felt like my father and I were completely different species. Possibly literally, depending on the day and whether or not I actually qualified as human at the time.
What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.
The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?
Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons.
Every mom has her own battle. Win yours without being 'nyinyir' to others.
This is why we can't have nice things...
Come in early, so there'll be time to pop corn, ' Mrs. Ray said. If she mentioned popping corn, they always came in early. So she usually mentioned it.
He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do. We should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.
Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent.
That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?
Even though you can't control outcomes for your child, you can parent unconditionally with all your heart.
A Christian understanding of the world sees a child's character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline.
She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much closer to figuring it out.
I wanted two girls, " she said. "You and your sister. I wanted exactly what I had. Other people's children are too hard
Parenthood is like that...the harder the choice, the less likely any of the options are good ones
Many parents have discovered, perhaps with some guilt, that they can read a story to a child while thinking of something else.
In parenting patience is the greatest virtue.
Papi, I don't know what to do anymore." Lourdes begins to cry. "No matter what I do, Pilar hates me.""Pilar doesn't hate you, hija. She just hasn't learned to love you yet.
There are parents who use their small children as weapons. They are weak people. Sick people. And their children are watching them, watching how Mom and Dad use them as weapons.
I'm the parent. It's my job to be here for you, not the other way around.
All seek perfection from our parents … Just wait till your parents start depending on you, that is when your own perfection, or lack thereof, will be apparent.
There is no question that engagement requires sacrifice, but that's what we signed up for when we decided to become parents.
Parenting role-play change every ten years from affection to duty to responsibility, and then the cycle must reverse with next generation playing the same in the reverse sequence.
If I measure each day by my list, the days are not always very good, but when I look at each day like it is their day too, because it is their day, well, then most days are better. A lot better.
A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.
A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer.
Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess. If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well.
Jake thanked God he had a son to put to bed when he knew somewhere there was a family, right now, waiting for someone who would never come home.
The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!
Mothering Oxymoron: Reminding the kids to not talk with food in their mouths, yet I have food in my mouth while trying to correct them in the moment.
Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.
A father is as much a verb as a mother.
Who you are is enough for me. I look at you and all I see, is the champion I knew you would be.
There’s nothing wrong with an adult being a child, except whining like one.
Oh, man, ‘the nursery, ’ ” Dominic said, “what a hell-hole. If I had kids I’d give them the nicest room in the house.”“You do have kids, ” his kid said.“Oh, yeah, well, right, you know what I mean.
This is what parenting involved: hard decisions. She was his mother, she reminded herself. He didn't have to like her.
Having kids is not the same as being a parent.
Six o'clock means very little to a three-year-old. It works better to say "after dinner, " or "as soon as the baby takes her morning nap.
We can't give a child a natural consequence. The only truly natural consequences are the ones found in nature.