Quotes About Parenting

Neglect is when a parent does not feed a child or provide the basic necessities such as clothing or shelter, or medical attention if needed. Leaving a child alone when the child is not yet ready to care for him/herself is neglectful since it leaves a child in a potentially dangerous situation.

Mental suffering occurs when a child is psychologically abused. If a parent calls a child names, constantly belittles the child, blocks every effort on the part of the child to accept him/herself, this can cause mental suffering to the child. Threat of abandonment can also make the child anxious and afraid, and is another form of mental suffering.

It's the same with kids and a diet of coke, hamburgers and nasty little crunchy snacks. If they like it, why worry about them eating fruit and veg and other more demanding food? And I'll tell you why worry, because otherwise their teeth will all fall out and they'll all pop off early from degenerative diseases. You can't thrive on pap, you know. Not in food, not in music, not in education, not in religion.

And she finally told Nola that she was so worried about whether she could love two children, about whether she could make room in her heart for as much love as she felt for Bobby. Wasn't it betraying Bobby, to love another child? And Nola told her what her sister Patricia had said, after having her second. Patricia said she felt like she'd grown a second heart.

How come you can't give with both hands, Mom? How come you have to give with one and take away with the other?

He wanted to be the guy standing in the dimness by their kids' beds as Nola kissed them, and then he would kiss them, too. "Night," he'd say. Why did that single word offer so much comfort? He guessed it was because it said so much. Home. Safety. The prospect of another day together as soon as morning came. He wanted to walk down the stairs to the living room afterward, and sit with Nola in the lamplight and talk.

whether it was fortunate or unfortunate for Claire that neither of her parents had left be-hind any relatives suitable for raising her—all had either been too dilapidated, too debilitated, too disinterested, or too dysfunctional.

She'd read enough issues of Parents and Parenting magazines in recent weeks to understand that no matter when or how one became a parent, one had no idea what one was getting oneself into until it was too late. She'd learned, too, that no matter how chaotic and challenging the child, parents grew to love them unconditionally.

It took only one, very quick, perusal of Ramsey Sage for Claire to know everything she needed to know about him. He was completely unfit to be anyone's mother. Or father. Or guardian.

Really, sometimes she just wanted to round up all the Emerson parents in the gymnasium, line them up single file, and then go down the line, one by one, smacking each of them upside the head and yelling, "What the hell is the matter with you?

A mothers greatest joy in having a child is to give that child fully and freely to God.

It's never too early to begin pointing your little ones' souls heavenward.

No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent.

Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord.

A godly mother loves God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength, and teaches her children to do the same.

Raising your children to love and serve Jesus is fulfilling one of God's highest callings upon your life.

Amid the joy of raising children will be some of the hardest work you'll ever do.

A daughter will follow in her mom's footsteps so make sure to set a good example.

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

There's no more secure investment in the next generation than your prayers for your children!

It takes dedicated parents to produce consecrated children.

A parent is inexcusable who does not personally teach her child to think.

I'm just so weary, Vivian. But I love this kid so much, sometimes I think it will break me in half. Is that the dirty trick? Is this how they get mothers to ruin their lives for their children? By tricking them into loving them so much? Maybe. It's not a bad strategy.

Raising a child is the very definition of ambivalence. I am overwhelmed at times by how something can simultaneously be so awful and so rewarding.