409 Quotes About Parents-and-children

That was another nice thing about my parents. There was none of that holding on to knowledge and power that some parents go in for. We were all adults together, on a plateau of equality.

In his youth Jim had dreams of becoming a writer. In fact he was still dreaming about that until long into Jack’s childhood. Then he started to dream that Jack might become a writer instead. That’s an impossible thing for sons to grasp, and a source of shame for fathers to have to admit: that we don’t want our children to pursue their own dreams or walk in our footsteps. We want to walk in their footsteps while they pursue our dreams.

No matter how old they become, our children will always be our babies.

عروسی پسران و دختران برای پدران و مادران، یادبود زنده ای از عروسی خودشان است.

Maybe what a son evoked in a father was different than what a daughter evoked? It would be all right. She was only afraid that when time passed, it would not be these trips to the library he would remember, or his eagerness to learn how she made roti in the kitchen with him as her helper, but how upset he would become when Rafiq scolded him.

When you have a child, you will do anything for her. You may not do it well, but you will kill yourself trying. You will trip over obstacles as your clear them out of her path. You will give her the choices you didn't have.

What I didn't know to expect is that today, I would feel like I'd been born too. You have made a new person: January's father. And I know this is who I will be for the rest of my life.

We don't have to be perfect in our parenting, just purposeful.

With Zugunruhe comes the sign that you can trust your heart and mind.