Quotes About Parenting

But, like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield

Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. This was the pride which swelled Mrs. Nickleby's heart that night, and this it was which left upon her face, glistening in the light when they returned home, traces of the most grateful tears she had ever shed.

like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD.

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.

We're going to raise a lost generation of children unless they are properly disciplined and properly spanked.

If you earnestly desire to provide for your family, then you must make an effort to understand spiritual matters enough to teach them to your children.

One of the serious problems in families is that fathers do not know their faith well enough to teach it to their children.

Simply because children live in a home where parents are saved, where the essentials of life are provided, where members give money to the church, pray at meals, and read the Bible once in a while, does not mean they are receiving Christian training.

Unless you and I strive to obey the Lord in our homes, we will create a spiritually poisonous atmosphere that will infect our children with disrespect for authority—both ours and God's. Pay close attention to this principle: we reap what we sow. Our disobedience today may become our children's rebellion tomorrow.

The primary way children learn is by copying the behavior of their parents. If you are angry, you are modeling anger for your children. So it should come as no surprise that your son or daughter displays anger the same way you do.

Mamas everywhere — don't worry so much about being a "hot mom." A child needs a role model, not a supermodel. You will always shine by simply being your best, doing your best, and radiating the magical love that only a mama can.

Each day of our lives we make deposits into the memory banks of our children.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

[W]hat will set your child apart from the others is its name. Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell, the name will carry.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes.

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson (which is not at all necessary), hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.

Parental Predictions. — Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11:30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter.

Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.

Versteht sich, muß er sie bezahlen !" sagte er sich; aber er konnte schon wissen, daß er seinen Söhnen nie etwas zurückforderte und daß sie ihm nie etwas zu erstatten begehrten. Das ist Eltern gesund und läßt sie zu hohen Jahren kommen, auf daß sie erleben, wie ihre Kinder wiederum von den Enkeln lustig geschröpft werden, und so geht es von Vater auf Sohn und alle bleiben bestehen und haben guten Appetit.

I have learned to savor every minute of time with my four year old daughter not only because I know how quickly children grow up but also because I have no idea what state the world will be in when she is my age.

She seemed awfully pleasant and sweet, and her mother wasn't like that a bit. I knew her mother very well indeed." "Well, Mamma, you have to remember she had a father, too.

When my daughter was born, we videotaped the birth. Now when she makes me angry, I just hit rewind and put her back in.