Quotes About Parenting

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.

Even when children are taught music, the usual problem often arises: too much emphasis is placed on how they perform, and too little on what they experience. Parents

To many people activities like working or raising children provide more flow than playing a game or painting a picture, because these individuals have learned to perceive opportunities in such mundane tasks that others do not see.

Variety and frequency of sexual encounters have taken precedence over the depth and intensity of the relationship in which they are embedded. It is ironic that on this issue the traditional teachings of the churches are closer to a scientific position than the up-to-date beliefs of the populace, for an evolutionary approach confirms that the original purpose of sexuality is making children and binding the parental couple.

it's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time.

I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my family's relationship with each other.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. —OSCAR WILDE

When you were a little kid, remember how hard it was to get a cookie? Way in the back, unless your mom was really mean: Then they'd be on top of the refrigerator. Nowhere, any place on a package of Oreos does it say, "Keep out of reach of small children." Where was the Liquid Drano? Under the sink, right next to the rest of the poisons.

Come on. Would loving parents ever give their child a book to read that didn't have a happy ending? No. But they might well advise, "Don't stop reading during the scary parts!" And neither would a "greater you" give yourself the gift of time and space if it wouldn't be all good in the long run, no matter how things may appear midway. So good that no matter what might happen, it would be worth every bump and turn along the way.

As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.

you raise them the best you can, make all the sacrifices in the world, give them all the love in the universe, and all they do is break your heart." After lunch they called

It hurts more than anything in the world because even though it might not be the case, it feels like you've chosen your child over me. 'I haven't there is no choice. She's part of me. You're part of me too. It's like...I don't know...asking me to pick between my heart and my lungs.' 'I know, but the thing is, you are my heart and my lungs. You're everything to me. And what hurts is that I know i used to be everything to you.

Breast Feeding should not be attempted by fathers with hairy chests, since they can make the baby sneeze and give it wind.

All of my children are ideologically and politically in sync with me, they all have authentic Christian faith. It's something I'm very grateful for.

I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.

didn't come right out and say so." "I played bad against Bancroft," Jake said. "Dad didn't seem too worried about how I was doing. I'm fighting every week to be the number one QB on this team. How come Dad never gave me one of his famous pep talks?" "Maybe he didn't think you needed one," his mom said. "And how would he know that?" Jake said. In that moment, Jake was thinking about when Wyatt had been home

her self-confidence was one of those markers I've always held up to myself as proof that I had done a decent job as a father, a true indicator that she had grown strong and self-sufficient and would not be buffeted too easily by whatever life threw at her, nor would she shirk those moments when she would have to stand her ground

I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.

I have three kids, and I'm a coach for a lot of their sports, so I'm around them a lot, but I see friends of mine with older kids and they don't really interact so much, other than giving them a place to live.

I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.

The death of the child is always a model for the death of the parent. A mother gives birth in order to give life to her child; a child dies in order to shape the death of its father.