Quotes About Children

Sadly, some parents display a love that is conditional; it depends on something other than their children just being. Conditional love is based on performance and is often associated with training techniques that offer gifts, rewards, and privileges to children who behave or perform in desired ways.

I liked the metaphor the first time I heard it: Inside every child is an 'emotional tank' waiting to be filled with love. When a child really feels loved, he will develop normally, but when the love tank is empty, the child will misbehave. Much of the misbehavior of children is motivated by the cravings of an empty 'love tank'.

It wasn't that her parents didn't love her but that she did not feel loved. Most parents love their children and also want their children to feel loved, but few know how to adequately convey that feeling. It is only as they learn how to love unconditionally that they will let their children know how much they are truly loved.

Sometimes we learn from our children instead of the other way around. — Susan A. Karas —

You schedule other people into your calendars—why not your children? They will appreciate the fact that you value your time with them so much that you are willing to say no to other activities.

Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. —1 John 3:18

If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him. —Matthew 7:11

God uses precious children to speak His love into our lives when we need it most. — Susan Browning Schulz

In interiorul fiecarui copil, exista un rezervor afectiv care de-abia asteapta sa fie umplut cu iubire. Atunci cand un copil se simte cu adevarat iubit, el se va dezvolta normal; dar cand rezervorul este gol, copilul se va comporta in mod nedorit. In mare masura, acest comportament necuviincios este motivat de dorinta arzatoare de a umple rezervorul iubirii.

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When we correct our children about their language, teaching them which words are appropriate and which aren't, they listen.

True unconditional love will never spoil a child because it is impossible for parents to give too much of it.

Chosen. Have you ever thought about that in reference to God choosing you? He chose you and me to be His children, His friends, His servants. He chose us because He loves us. Only love could choose people like us, don't you think? And that love is greater than any in this world.

Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread. —Psalm 37:25

In interiorul fiecarui copil, exista unr ezervor afectiv care de-abia asteapta sa fie umplut cu iubire. Atunci cand un copil se simte cu adevarat iubit, el se va dezvolta normal; dar cand rezervorul este gol, copilul se va comporta in mod nedorit. In mare masura, acest comportament necuviincios este motivat de doritna arzatoare de a umple rezervorul iubirii.

And now a word to you fathers. Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4

The ultimate purpose for acts of service to children is to help them emerge as mature adults who are able to give love to others through acts of service. This includes not only being helpful to cherished loved ones but also serving persons who are in no way able to return or repay the kindnesses. As children live with the example of parents who serve the family and those beyond the walls of their home, they too will learn to serve.

It is only as they learn how to love unconditionally that they will let their children know how much they are truly loved.

Consider these sobering statistics: • 12 percent of websites on the Internet are pornographic. • One in three porn viewers are women. • 70 percent of men aged 18–24 visit porn sites in a typical month. • 34 percent of Internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to porn through pop-up ads, misdirected links, or emails. • The average age a child sees porn online is eleven.7

Are you leaving a loving example for your children to emulate? — Sandra McGarrity

Boys and girls alike need physical affection, yet young boys often receive less than young girls. There are many reasons for this, but the most common is that some parents feel that physical affection will somehow feminize a boy. Of course, this is not true. The fact is that the more parents keep the emotional tank full, the healthier the child's self-esteem and sexual identity will be.

If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. —Hebrews 12:8

Inside every child is an 'emotional tank' waiting to be filled with love. When

The greatest enemy of encouraging our children is anger. The more anger the parent harbors, the more anger the parent will dump on the children. The result will be children who are both anti-authority and anti-parent. This naturally means that a thoughtful parent will do all in his or her power to assuage anger—to keep it to a minimum and to handle it maturely.