Quotes About Parenting

Being the father of girls is a kind of illness, in its own way - since any guy who has tried to live in a house with a wife and two daughters is, without any doubt, going to go certifiably nuts.

Let your child be the teenager he or she wants to be, not the adolescent you were or wish you had been.

The unsuccessful bully can always become the father of a family.

When a father climbs a dangerous mountain and dies, we mourn. When a mother does, we question her judgment. How could she?

One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going back.

As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.

My father never talked about the sacrifices that the family made for me.

You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father's face.

I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me.

What have you gotten me into?" I hissed at him. "Me? What have you gotten yourself into? Couldn't I have just picked you up at the police station for underage drinking, like most fathers?

The reality of marriage as the union of a mother and a father is grounded in our very biology.

Children of those who have been incarcerated are five times more likely to go to prison than children of parents who have never been incarcerated. The sins of the father visiting the child.

As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories for your son.

Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have to lie to him.

I don't know about marriage as much as I do know that I'd be a great father.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands.

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them

It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.

Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.

Children shouldn't have to sacrifice so that you can have the life you want. you make sacrifices so your children can have the life that they deserve..