205 Quotes About Parenting-advice

It’s so easy and convenient to buy our children gifts, but I encourage and challenge you to give them gifts that TRULY matter! The gift of unconditional love. The gift of encouragement. The gift of support. The gift of friendship. The gift of communication, understanding, and patience. The gift of guidance and support. The gift of quality time. And the gift of loving them for who THEY are. Material things are nice, but NOTHING compares to genuine love! Parenting should be taking seriously.

Sex is an open secret parents try to hide to their children

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

The soul mate we marry can become an "ex," but the soul mates we have in our children will be ours forever, until the end of our life.

Kids will remember less what we did for them and more how we spoke and reacted to them.

We honor our kids most when, while we guide or discipline them, we give them this gift of unconditional love by accepting them and respecting them for who they are, first and foremost.

We are our own children's "perfect" parents, and within us lie all the simple, yet profound qualities of inner perfection.

As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that the real world has teeth

Adults need to teach the children they love about sexual abuse so they know what to do if they encounter it. We need to prepare them so they know who to tell, should a violation occur, so they don't have to live with a painful secret, long into adulthood.