Quotes About Nurturing

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

You can't sit back. My husband and I have made the choice that our marriage is the most important thing to us. We respect what we have and understand how we need to feed it.

Momma kept a garden, which sounds romantic to people who have never held a hoe

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother.

Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan, loving me for whom I am, exactly the opposite of my mother, whose love I have to earn with great effort and with little success.

Technology should be used to create a learning space—a breathable space that nurtures possibilities rather than merely fulfilling predictions.

Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.

I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.

Children and babies should be held in the most sacred regard. We feel that they're the most natural and true magicians.

When you have kids, you're responsible for their mistakes. Their mistakes, their heartaches, their happiness... you take everything on yourself!

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

To a child love is spelled T-I-M-E.

A woman is a loving mother, a gorgeous daughter, and beautiful angel of imagination.

Yes, there had been many times I called my daughters back to zip up their coats. All the same, I knew they would rather be cold and free.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.

Making a child feel unique means making him or her feel uniquely wanted. Having a talent is one thing; feeling that the universe welcomes it is another. Uniqueness without love is barren and very little different from loneliness. Today you can sit down and list each child's talents, having your children participate, in order to reinforce the notion that talents are given to us by spirit for our happiness and fulfillment.

Everyone needs to feel safe and secure. Everyone needs to feel nurtured. Everyone needs to feel loved and appreciated. Everyone needs to feel that their life is relevant and meaningful.

Now more than ever, in this age of violence and confusion, there is an urgent need for parents to take on the role of spiritual teachers to their children.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence

A mother's love is greater than a child's confusion.

For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the only ones who tell our children they can go from an Indian reservation to the Ivy League, from the home of a struggling single mom to the White House.

Just be good and kind to your children. Not only are they the future of the world, they're the ones who can sign you into the home.