Quotes About Parenting

The best words of wisdom that a parent can say to their child is "I Am proud of you".

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

If I had a bucket list, I'd say raising my four girls to be strong, good women would be No. 1.

I would be ashamed to admit to the Indians that, where I come from, the women do not feel themselves capable of raising children until they read the instructions written in a book by a strange man.

I've seen women who don't have great relationships with their dads, and it all comes down to this: You have to tell girls you love them every day.

Kids watch their parents, right? And when kids are three, four, five-years-old, that's when they're like a sponge, and who they are is really developed by the time they are seven.

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?

Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.

Don't force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. It's the child's desire to play that matters, not the parent's desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun.

I've not seen my two girls play high school sports.

There's nothing I missed out on. I do everything a normal kid does. My parents keep me grounded. I still play sports. I still go to a rec center every day.

I used to spill things on my t-shirts, leaving oily dark spots down the front that I would try to hide with loose-fitting dress shirts. Nowadays all I have to do is tell everyone my son did it. I skirt the 'slob' moniker and instead look like a dedicated father who doesn't even have time to change.

Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the parent to make the commitment.

If you're a parent, love your children. If you're married, honor your spouse instead of looking on the Internet for love in all the wrong places. I'm talking about real relationships, not false intimacies.

You don't need too much to have an agenda of how to father. You just have to be a good person. The interactions at home between you and your spouse and the way you deal with your kids in certain situations, that's what they take.

No matter how much you love your spouse, you won't love them in the same way you do your baby. It's a different love, and everything changes. You have to figure out how to parent together.

I hang out with people who are amazing parents and really value a rich living. I'm not talking about monetarily. I'm talking spiritually and mentally, and we help make sure that each one is on their game for their spouses.

When Giovanna was pregnant with Buzz, I was searching so much on what it's like to be a dad. If I can provide any insights that's obviously a really good thing to spread.

We have to start spreading that news - that real men change poopy diapers and coach the soccer team and let their daughters paint toenails all kinds of colours.

If every parent knew that the best way to prevent lice from spreading is by looking for them, cases decrease dramatically.