Quotes About Parenting

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

So sorry. Sit down in the seat of shame between your parents. Hee.

With two such perfect parents, someone's got to set an example to her of how not to behave. - Cat

El padre es el techo, la madre el suelo, y cuando ambos desaparecen uno siente que también ha iniciado la cuenta atrás y que ya no tiene sujeción alguna, quedando suspendido en el aire.

El padre es el techo, la madre el suelo, y cuando ambos desaparecen uno siente que también ha iniciado la cuenta atrás y que ya no tiene sujeción alguna, quedando suspendido en el aire. Se

I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.

He said he loved me," she whispered. Daniel swallowed, and he had the strangest sensation, almost a premonition of what it must like to be a parent. Someday, God willing, he'd have a daughter, and that daughter would look like the woman standing in front of him, and if ever she looked at him with that bewildered expression, whispering, "He said he loved me . . ." Nothing short of murder would be an acceptable response.

I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.

Oh, go ahead and giggle," Lady Danbury sighed. "I've found that the only way to avoid parental frustration is to view him as a source of amusement.

For the first time in recent memory, he'd handled his daughter *exactly* right. Something about Eloise's presence had calmed him, lent him a clarity of thought he usually lacked when it came to his children. He was able to see the humor in the situation, where he usually saw nothing but his own frustration.

My children never disappoint me," she said softly. "They merely . . . astonish me. I believe I like it that way.

No one ever told you that when you became a parent, how much fun it was to watch them do the quietest things. Sleeping and thinking.

Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin, June 1824.

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

I realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually.

Gay individuals should be able to adopt.

The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted.

If my son rings me and needs help? I'm there. But otherwise? We are really close but I give him breathing space. If he needs me, I'm there for him. It's inevitable that he will lose one day. But it's about how he responds.

I leave work by 6:30 P.M. so I can spend some time with the children. Inevitably, we'll end up watching basketball or football. I live in a house of boys, and they're all sports mad, so I don't stand a chance.

I was very much a latchkey kid. My parents would feel the back of the television to make sure I hadn't been watching it when they were gone, which inevitably I was.

It's always hard - it's a little counterintuitive to leave your baby at any point during the infancy.

We have to teach goodness to our infants.

To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition.