Quotes About Parenting

There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work.

I want to be a loving mom.

I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.

I want to be a cool mom.

I want to be a mom who listens.

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

I want to have kids some day, but I have to consider the crying, changing clothes, the bottles, the late night feedings . . . and then there's also a baby to take care of.

one must walk a fine line between responding and rescuing. A baby whose parents respond becomes a secure child who's not afraid to venture forth. A baby whose parents continually rescue begins to doubt his own capabilities and never develops the strength and skills he needs to explore his world or to feel comfortable in it.

And even before your toddler is fully verbal, going over the day is also a wonderful idea, because it helps a child process her fears.

Don't allow your baby to sleep longer than 45 minutes to an hour during the day for the first three days.

Never let her sleep for more than one and a half to two hours during the day, which is the proper nap period for babies four months and younger.

I can't say this often enough: a baby who has been traumatized by abandonment often has more severe sleep problems at this age, and solutions take longer. With tough cases I bring in a blow-up bed and sleep in the child's room at least for the first night.

Make it a house rule that your toddler has to knock on your door. Model this yourself when you go into her room.

If you miss your baby's sleep window, or try to extend his awake time in the name of getting him to sleep longer (another myth), it's going to be a lot harder to teach him the skills of settling down.

When I delved deeper, Shannon admitted that she had tried the controlled crying method "once or twice" over the last several months but gave it up because "it never worked." Each time Shannon had done a complete 180-degree turn on her daughter. She'd left her to cry it out, and then started to pick her up again.

Educar bien exige paciencia, porque es un camino duro, difícil y aparentemente interminable; un proyecto que requiere una perspectiva a largo plazo.

There is not a day in my life during which I have not looked at my Black children and worried. There is not a day in my life when I have not made actual prayers on their behalf. Simple prayers for their safety. Simple prayers for their survival.

I think my parents did a better job of raising me than I did of raising my own kids.

It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it.

You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what's going on in their kids' lives, this world would be a much better place.

Every time that God gives us a child, it's His way of saying He trusts us-trusts us to offer love and to guide the child toward Him.

from the shelf. Ben's stomach churned as he pulled out Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham. Kenzie would enjoy them, but had Marianna ever read those books before? Not that Dr. Seuss was literature. What

Too often we parents make assumptions about our children's actions and motives. We lecture instead of listening. We always have an answer, instead of stopping to listen.2

Kids don't know how to handle frustration and disappointment, so they just get mad. And it doesn't help when we tell our kids to just calm down and have a better attitude.