15,393 Quotes About Children

And Evie was the grown-up now. She was in the line of grown-ups behind the child.

Let the infant make his first steps on his own; the first urge to walk, just like that of being, must come from him or her alone. - Primal Rule of Parenthood

A loving mother listens to her children with empathy. She accepts the negative and helps her child not feel overwhelmed by what is going on around them. She is comfortable with her child’s imperfections, and when she shows them this, her child will take her comfort into their personality. As a result, they will become comfortable with their own imperfections, too.

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.

Jeg følte mig (og føler mig stadig) ansvarlig for at have sat dem i verden, men jeg var ved at lære, at jeg under ingen omstændigheder skulle føle mig ansvarlig for deres individualitet. De var ikke mig og jeg var ikke dem. Jeg skulle lære dem at kende, ligesom de skulle lære mig at kende.

Children force parents to go out looking for a specific pulse, a gaze, a rhythm, the right way of telling the story, knowing that stories don't fix anything or save anyone but maybe make the world both more complex and more tolerable. And sometimes, just sometimes, more beautiful. Stories are a way of subtracting the future from the past, the only way of finding clarity in hindsight.

Life keeps on making the terrible mistake of making impatient people capable of making children.

Parenthood is some people’s subconscious revenge for having been brought into existence without their consent.

Our children will value our advice based on the example we’ve set, and the perseverance we’ve shown.