Parenting Quotes

We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

Dads. Do your faces light up when you first see your child in the morning or when you come home from work? Do you not understand that a child’s entire sense of value can revolve around what they see in your face when you first see them?

Loving my son, building my son, touching my son, playing with my son, being with my son… these aren’t tasks that only super dads can perform. These are tasks that every dad should perform. Always. Without fail.

Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.

Everything is an art, which must be mastered.

Gracious words revived our spirit and restored our soul.

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence.

For every guy who loves being a dad, there’s another who realizes too late that he’s created something his wife loves more than him.

Parent should never forget the great excitement they felt for the birth of a new born into the world.

A parent's words maybe a little harsh and painful, but it will be their annoying redundant words of love and care that will mold us into a better person.

When we combine very real workplace inequalities with these romantic opt-out stories, the idea that "having it all" is a laughable goal becomes enshrined as immutable truth. And when we portray opting out as a simple matter of "choice," we ignore the systematic problems that make combining work and motherhood so difficult.

I've always believed phone calls from kids must be allowed if mothers are to feel welcome in the workplace, as anyone who has worked in my chambers can attest.

We raise predators by treating children as prey.

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and - in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love - you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.

Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.