673 Quotes About Parenthood

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Some people have made some mistakes … and some mistakes have made some people.

The debt we owe our parents can never be squared, and jolly good too, because doing so would threaten to nullify all relationship, all emotional commerce between the two generations. Being in debt, just like being in credit, means an active interest applies between the two parties and, once the debt is taken care of, the interest is bound to wane.

Kids need to find someone going the same direction by the same methodology – and try not to fall in love beforehand. – Toby Willis

It wasn't right that you could only understand your parents' pain once you'd experienced the things they had, and by then they were gone.

I have come to realise that discipline is not about rules. Discipline is about respect.

Dust is the parent of a star!

Being a bad parent is a sign of not having learned from experience.

Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.