Quotes About Parenting

The job of the parent is not to impose his or her will on the child, but to get the child to listen to his or her own inner voice. Inspiration, not just prescription.

As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain.

We put our kids to fifteen years of quick-cut advertising, passive television watching, and sadistic video games, and we expect to see emerge a new generation of calm, compassionate, and engaged human beings?

At bottom God is nothing other than an exalted father.

One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can see it. She's 9 and it's really a good film for all ages.

Parents who discipline their child by discussing the consequences of their actions produce children who have better moral development , compared to children whose parents use authoritarian methods and punishment.

There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren't.

Daddy, where's panda?" Gerard finds her stuffed panda and lays it next to her. She goes back to sleep immediately. In

Get a grip, Dad. I'm not going to do anything you wouldn't do at my age.' He stands up and says, 'That's it. You're canceling this date.

You know what your problem is?" I ask him. "Yes. I have a daughter who insists she knows everything." "That's not your problem, Aba. That's your blessing.

When you're a dad you can't keep your cool car. Fancy stereo, power windows, sunroof; the kids are going to kill all that stuff. Take an ordinary cookie. In the hands of a kid it becomes a sugar hand grenade. You have to take the car into the shop because chocolate chips are clogging the carburetor.

she too had faith in basic human goodness; still where her Sonny was concerned, there were certain types at which she thought it wise to draw the line.

What you say to your children will matter, later!

The better class of Briton likes to send his children away to school until they're old and intelligent enough to come home again. Then they're too old and intelligent to want to.

I suppose we are all products of our parents' joy and suffering. Their emotions are written into us, as much as the inscriptions made by their genes.

suppose we are all the products of our parents' joy and suffering. Their emotions are written into us, as much as the inscriptions made by their genes.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

I demand my kids be respectful, responsible and grateful. And they have to love the Lord with all their hearts.

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and lots of soap and water. After that, what he needs most is some intelligent neglect.

We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.

When you do not know how to handle yourself, where is the need to produce another life.

Little girls love dolls. They just don't love doll clothes. We've got four thousand dolls and ain't one of them got a stitch of clothes on.

I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally.