Quotes About Children

Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children.

This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.

Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, [is] helping [children] connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.

If parents had children who were good sleepers, they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.

I think parenting actually makes you lose pieces of your soul again, because they go off, into your children. Or, I mean, I am so fragmented, and I'm such a spacey person.

I read that book How to Hug a Porcupine [by Julie Ross] - it's my parenting bible. They say you have to trust your children and give them freedom. I say, OK, but this is New York City!

Fear based parenting is the surest way to create intimidated children.

Oh, man, 'the nursery, ' " Dominic said, "what a hell-hole. If I had kids I'd give them the nicest room in the house.""You do have kids, " his kid said."Oh, yeah, well, right, you know what I mean.

We all need a cheering committee and parents are a child's most important fans!

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is self-confidence.

The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways

Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills

The most important gifts we can give our children are confidence in their ability to remake themselves again and again and the tools with which to do that job

If you bungle raising children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Kids are flat-out freaking hilarious if you are paying attention. Not just my kid, but every kid.

The most important thing anyone can do is raise their kids well.

The greatest challenge of parenting is in the inner work it requires: the strength and confidence in believing that we are not in control of, but the answer for our children.

And they certainly wouldn't take you along to a murder. That would be irresponsible parenting.

The best parenting strives to educate their children in HOW TO LIVE LIFE -- competitive, compassionate, void of greed, & striving to make a better world.

I used to wonder why I had hair on my legs, but now I know it's for my toddler sons and daughters to pull themselves up off the ground with as I scream in pain.

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.

Any child can be taught to be beautifully behaved with no effort greater than quiet patience and perseverance, whereas to break bad habits once they are acquired is a Herculean task.

Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.