Quotes About Parenting

A child is too old to breast-feed when he can unhook mommy's bra with one hand.

Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor--it is best done in shifts, by well-rested people.

To be a parent and take an occasional day off from being a parent is a special kind of joy—a lightening, a sweetness made sweeter by its impermanence.

There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater thing.

He was failing at everything important. A room away his daughter was sitting with her face in her hands and he could not go to her.

There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater think.

Tantrums, doctor's appointments, therapies, a dozen drives to and from the specialist's office in Boise

There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater thing. That's how it feels right now, he thinks, kneeling beside her, rinsing her hair: as though his love for his daughter will outstrip the limits of his body.

There has always been a sliver of panic in him, deeply buried, when it comes to his daughter: a fear that he is no good as a father, that he is doing everything wrong. That he never quite understood the rules.

To be a parent and take an occasional day off from being a parent is a special kind of joy—a lightening, a sweetness made sweeter by its impermanence. We buy tickets, find our seats. The

A second birth," Maria Montessori called it, when a child can move away from his mother on his own. And indeed Owen does seem like a new child, rarely crying, constantly at work on getting himself somewhere else.

What it says is that when going against your teenage child's wishes, the greatest wisdom is to say what you have to say, do what you have to do, and then stop—because they will not. An overwhelmingly valuable skill in the parenting of today's teenagers is learning to disengage—sooner rather than later.

What is it to be the parent of a teenager? It is to do what you think best—when really you have no idea what is best. It is to ride out the storms and be back again the next day. It is to give love to a child who does not seem to want it, to a child who five minutes ago seemed to deserve a punch more than anything else.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

With the arrival of the second boy, Augustus adopted them both and brought them up in his house.

After Lawrence died, she only had Damian and she doted on him. His success meant the world to her.

I think people that have fear that, 'Oh if I have a kid I won't be able to do this and I won't be able to do that.' It's kind of the opposite. It really gives you energy. It makes people better.

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

When I was a kid, my parents were happy to buy me clothes; they provided for me.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.

A second parent in the home provides back-up support in discipline when the other is at the breaking point, and a doubling of the emotional, intellectual, and moral resources that a child can draw on.

Some people don't need parental commitment, they will still come out great, but for others, parents can be critical in providing moral and academic guidance.

I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction.

I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.