Quotes About Parenting

The single most important concern we should have as parents should be the same primary concern Jesus has for us: We must make it our ultimate goal to help our children know and love God with all their heart. How do we do that? One of the simplest and most powerful ways … is to give them a daily, concrete encounter with His power and favor by laying hands on them and speaking a blessing. Rolf Garborg, The Family Blessing

While far from perfect, the Spiritually Healthy parent is a parent who walks each day, step by step, with God as his or her guide.

Because you realize you are a work in progress yourself, you offer your children grace when needed, while helping them see the correct path that God desires all His children to follow.

Children raised by the Spiritually Healthy parent often grow up knowing God, loving others, living a life of meaning, and recognizing that this world is not their ultimate home.

Children raised by the Double-Minded parent will often grow up having codependent tendencies, seeking acceptance from others, being unrealistic in their view of "self," and feeling insecure. They are confused about what it means to follow Christ, and might avoid their parents in adulthood.

Our goal as parents should be to endeavor to pass down our faith to the next generation in such a way that they will be able to pass down their faith to the following generation in our absence.

And just because I was a little more willing and a lot more able to be a parent didn't mean I was itching to become one.

I know how I'd feel if I had children. I'd never want them to feel I didn't love them more than anything else in the world. If I ever have a little girl, I think I'll be a wonderful mother to her, and if I can help it, I'll never be away from her for a minute.

Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk about small changes for kids and things that don't cost extra money. Like adding water and eliminating sugary drinks and sodas. That's going to save money right there. Or adding a few more vegetables.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change.

Like all parents, my husband and I just do the best we can, and hold our breath and hope we've set aside enough money for our kids' therapy.

Special children require very patient parents. Anybody can lose it with a normal pre-teenager, let alone one who needs extra help and guidance.

Sometimes, when little kids say crazy stuff we got to act like it don't bother us none so they won't clam up and stop talkin' when they get older.

Everybody wants to do whatever they can go give their kids an edge, even if it is ridiculous.

Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.

Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

Mama does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Dada first.

It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child—at least till you try to get him to do something.