Quotes About Parenting

She sighed. "You were such a sensitive child. So easily wounded. So I told you those things. I didn't want you to feel defenseless in the face of life. Life can be harsh. I wanted you to feel protected, and to know that there was a greater power watching over you. That the Universe was taking a personal interest.

I actually remember feeling delight, at two o'clock in the morning, when the baby woke for his feed, because I so longed to have another look at him.

daughter is a treasure that keeps her father wakeful, and worry over her drives away rest.

A child's questions ought always to be answered honestly and sincerely or else it gets a compress.' 'Complex. I am answering you honestly.' 'Am I a bastard?' Sir Henry was startled, but after a moment's thought said, 'Yes. But that's not a word you should use. Where did you learn it?' 'Shakespeare.

Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them.

SCARLETT'S CHILD WAS A GIRL, a small bald-headed mite, ugly as a hairless monkey and absurdly like Frank.

the way small Mrs. Tarleton bullied her grown sons and laid her riding crop on their backs if the occasion seemed to warrant it.

I would like to see every parent either directly - if they are comfortable with the technology - or through a personal tutor, being able to access real-time information about their child.

We limit how much technology our kids use at home.

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.

The only jobs kids have are to do well in school, to be charming and polite, and be thankful. That's it. I'll house you, protect you, I'll even give my life for you, and in return, you will behave.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.

I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.

The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and loving.

The best thing to spend on your children is your time.

I think children are like pancakes. You sort of ruin the first one, and you get better at it the second time around.

If we spent as much time lifting our children as we do criticizing them, how effectively we could help them to see themselves in a more positive light!

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

The best gift, and investment, you can give your child is your time

Every time we go by KFC, my kids ask me to honk and they yell 'Boo' out the window.