Quotes About Nurturing

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.

Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.

The way we care for our babies is how they experience our love.

Some people wonder why they can't have faith for healing. They feed their body three hot meals a day, and their spirit one cold snack a week.

How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed.

Each new challenge makes me stronger to being the best mommy I can be!

You make the sun shine on a cloudy day. When I'm sick you kiss the pain away. Your tender voice took away my fears, your hand that wiped away my tears. The love you give so honest and pure, keeping me forever safe and secure. You make flowers bloom in the spring, it was you who fixed my broken wing. Mom because of you I now know love, my guardian angel from above. I Love you mom.

The best fathers not only give us life- they teach us how to live.

Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of butter, a jar of jam. It is in such small acts of kindness that people know they are loved.

fishing lines, towards her children, reminding herself of where they are, what they are doing, how they fare. From habit, while she sits there near the fireplace, some part of her mind is tabulating them and their

roses are no more difficult to grow than any other shrub or flower. But just as other plants need

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

Care for your infant business or career as you would care for your infant child - with loving attention, with no expectation of any reward, being in the moment with it, accepting it as is, watching it grow, enjoying every step of the way.

The best and the worst thing about being a parent is watching your child forge his own path.

Simple kindness as a means to no other end than itself is not something that springs up and flourishes on its own. Compassion is cultivated. Empathy needs watching over. It's not enough to simply plant the seeds. Their fruits are not native to the soil. Left to itself, the untended heart grows cold.

The baby who goes to sleep with help from one of his or her parents by nursing, rocking, or holding learns only adult transition skills and needs an adult present in order to fall asleep. The baby or toddler who goes to sleep alone cuddling a stuffed animal, holding his or her favorite blanket, or sucking his or her thumb learns valuable self-quieting skills that can be used for many years to come.

Het is altijd mijn overtuiging geweest dat je iemand brood moet geven als hij honger heeft, maar hem zelf voor het beleg moet laten zorgen. Dat stimuleert het initiatief.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.