Quotes About Parenting

Todo padre sabe que, desde el momento de su nacimiento, un niño es tranquilo y plácido o, en cambio, irritable y difícil.

Hay muchos estudios que corroboran la persistencia de la agresividad infantil en chicos como Jimmy.11 Como ya hemos visto en otro lugar, los padres de los niños agresivos suelen alternar la indiferencia con los castigos duros y arbitrarios, una pauta que, comprensiblemente, fomenta la paranoia y la agresividad.

There's been a tremendous erosion of the nuclear family— a doubling of the divorce rate, a drop in parents' time available to children, and an increase in mobility. You don't grow up knowing your extended family much anymore. The losses of these stable sources of self-identification mean a greater susceptibility to depression.

El Dalai Lama compartió un dato del que se enteró hace tiempo: si a los recién nacidos se les sostiene regularmente con afecto, sus cerebros se desarrollan mejor que en aquellos que se desatienden, y que apenas se les toca, por no hablar de sostenerlos.51 Los bebés separados de sus padres muestran timidez e impotencia, y los monos separados de bebés de sus madres crecen estando más tensos y siendo más agresivos.52

They put their shoulders to the wheel during the day, stupefy themselves with drugs or television at night, and try not to think too searchingly about the world they're leaving their children to cope with.

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us.

And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they're studying.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.

I love kids, and I love having had this second chance to have a family.

A daughter is a treasure and a cause of sleeplessness.

Like father, like daughter. I'm not surprised.

You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic.

"Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, 'O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.'"

I gave my father $100 and said, "Buy yourself something that will make your life easier." So he went out and bought a present for my mother.

The advantage of having only one child is that you always know who did it.

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born and start using sleep deprivation to torture you.

"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."

Mommy. I'm not joking, I'm not kidding, and I'm not playing. I need chocolate.

"I love you girls. Y'know, somewhere out there are four terrible fathers I wish I could thank for this great night!"

I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.