673 Quotes About Parenthood

That's all I can give him; that's all that I dare to try to give him - something that he will love enough to want to preserve it for himself and for others against whatever danger may threaten from whatever quarter, and the toughness and courage with which to fight for it. To bring him up untouched by war, insofar as is possible in a world where no one is completely unaffected by war today, is about the only contribution that I know how to make for the future.

It was so nice to be on the cusp of parenthood, to be able to judge other people's choices with confidence, not yet having made any mistakes of their own.

When you're a parent you have a new chance to grow.

Children aged and moved away. Friendships aged and grew better.

She has seen him fight his own brutal nature, and the Earth itself, in order to be the parent she needs. He has helped her learn to love herself for what she is.

Black children need waves of present, multifaceted love, not simply present fathers.

Biology doesn't make anyone a parent," Cassia added as she tucked her Eturian prayer stone beneath her shirt.

A man can make a son but a true man would be a father. A lady can have a child, but a real mother raises the child.

Esme skips on ahead. Jumping from one foot to the other, as if she can see markings on the ground he can’t. She is constantly jumping and skipping and twirling with the lightness of falling snow, looking up at him bright with questions, tugging on his hand, dashing off with all the speed her body is capable of and then skipping on the spot up ahead as if consecrating it for his arrival. It is so easy to make her happy that it seems like cheating at times.