15,393 Quotes About Children

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.

I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance, and your unconditional love.

I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.

I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other. Having two good, solid oars made rowing much easier.

One day his fingers will grow knobby, he will start to sag. I pray to the goddesses, the gods, the eggs, the clouds, the trees. I pray to the wind that he will grow old and die well.

I was thinking as small children think, as if my thoughts or wishes had the power to reverse the narrative, change the outcome.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

It is not that you give birth to a child that matters most. Rather, it is what you birth into them.

We must remain calm as parents and try not to lose control of ourselves, when we become parents. For how can we expect our kids to control themselves if we can’t do it? That seems unfair.