2,497 Quotes About Parenting

We wants you to surprise us and disappoint us and impress and amaze us. Come home, Bod.

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

If a nation is backward, it's because of its parents and teachers, who raise either spineless insects or unscrupulous con artists.

If we do our job as parents, it means sending our child off into the real world with confidence, so he/she can blossom into the adult we couldn't even begin to fathom when we first held them in our arms.

That whole first year, jeez, your entire life revolves around poop. The presence of poop. The absence of poop. The discovery of poop. The aromatic sensation of poop. The waiting for poop. Seriously, I can't express how much of your life will be spent waiting for poop once you have children.

May the inheritance you leave for your children be greater than material wealth.

Two children he had had, and he had not seen either clearly. But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults.

So, you’re handed a baby and a new name (Daddy) and you now have to choose to accept the challenge. Here’s the thing. I don’t believe that rejecting it’s an option. I mean, people DO reject it. But you shouldn’t. You choose then and there to be a father. And you make that choice, day in and day out to make sure their needs are met, that the example is set for them, that they are loved, cherished, corrected, and challenged. You have to choose it.

My mother's message to black and white folks alike was clear: It's nobody's business what I do for my children, nor how I manage to do it.