6,115 Quotes About Kids

Best mom advice I’ve ever received? ”When you think you have parenting all figured out, you probably aren’t doing as well as you think. But when you know you’re in way over your head, when you start each day with ‘Help, Lord!’ then you are most certainly doing better than you think.

Remember the end goal You are trying to make a full grown human capable of surviving in the wild on their own. You aren't going to keep them forever. You can't make them live your life for you. You can't coddle them and do everything for them. You are preparing them to leave you. Don't lose sight of that!

They’d been shielded from every imaginable threat since birth, bound in car seats, topped with bicycle helmets, and slathered in 35 SPF sunscreen to protect their fair skin, and yet I knew, deep down, I was helpless to protect them from the unimaginable dangers, the ones where young women ended up as body dumps by the side of the road.

Start training and teaching your children young. The later you start, the harder it is. What you teach them now, for better or worse will be the foundation of the rest of their lives.

Kids want your presence not your presents;Kids want your time not costly watches,Kids want you to be their friendnot there, instructor.

I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought u wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussions about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else.

When your kids fail—and they will, no matter how bright or talented they are—you can meet them with empathy and understanding as well as help them learn how to treat themselves with their own inner voice of empathy and understanding.

Most kids would not respect their parents as much as they do, or even at all, if they knew how intellectually undemanding is the role they played in their creation.

Your job isn’t to give your kids everything. It’s to encourage them and help them find what they need.