Quotes About Parenting

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

My dear, the furniture is all castoffs. No point in having good furniture if you have children. One would be forever telling them not to bounce on the couch. Too fatiguing for me and too irritating for them.

Robinson had long mastered the art of coming instantly awake, a skill which had proved invaluable when his children were young. He could be out of his bed, supplying nutriment, water, or a story, before his wife turned over in her sleep. He attributed his long and happy marriage to the fact that unlike most mothers, his wife got to sleep through the night when he was at home.

I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.

When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.

You know," he said, "when you were little and tired like this, I'd throw you over my shoulder and carry you home like a sack of rice. Sometimes I wish you were still that little. I wish I could still do that." "Da-ad. That is so embarrassing," is what she said. But sometimes she wished it, too. Sometimes she wished it with all her heart.

Our lives are already significantly more complex than even five years ago. We need to pay attention to far more sources in order to do our jobs, to learn, to parent, or even to be entertained. The number of factors and possibilities we have to attend to rises each year almost exponentially. Thus our seemingly permanently distracted state and our endless flitting from one thing to another is not a sign of disaster, but is a necessary adaptation to this current environment.

To keep young kids behaving well on a car road trip, have a bag of their favorite unwrapped candy and throw a piece out the window each time they misbehave.

The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.

The only way we can ever teach a child to say "I'm sorry" is for him to hear it from our lips first.

5 Tips to Keep Your Sails out of Your Teenager's Wind Don't take things personally. Stay calm. Listen, but don't fight your teenager's battles. Offer helpful suggestions only when asked. Don't tell your teenager what to do.

How to Get Your Teenager Talking Shut up. Don't ask, "How was your day?" Say calmly in response to a shocking statement, "Hmm. Tell me more about that." Eliminate the word why.

Nuestros hijos necesitan saber que son amados absolutamente, más allá de lo bien o mal que hagan las cosas en las distintas áreas de sus vidas.

Si quieres que tu hija te tome en serio dilo una vez, solo una vez. Luego date la vuelta esperando que tus palabras sean obedecidas. No hay argumento ni réplica. Todo se expuso con tranquilidad.

Stress the positive. Make compliments and encouragement a natural part of your conversation. As you interact with your kids, stressing the positive is just as easy as stressing the negative, and the results are so much better.

If there's something about your child you don't like, they've probably seen it in action from you and are simply modeling it.

Powerful kids don't just happen; they're created. Give in and you won't win. Force a blowout, then remain calm.

Treating your children differently conveys to a child, "Mom and Dad don't treat us the same because we're different. I get it." If parents bend over backward to treat all kids the same, none of the kids will feel special or appreciated.

you always need to be teaching your children how to be responsible and how to think of others.

The point is, parent, you don't have to react to everything.

As you're getting ready to launch your teenagers into an unsuspecting world, it's imperative that you stand shoulder-to-shoulder with your spouse—with no daylight between you.

Your home needs to be a place where your kids can fail—and learn from their failure. Surround them with love, show them how important they are to you, but don't try to undo their failures. It's not our job as parents to get our kids off the hook.

Your child needs not only your attention but also a relationship with you.

Reality discipline steers a course between an authoritarian style and a permissive style, giving kids some choices but also holding them accountable.