2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Our children didn’t become founders by chance or just because they had us as their parents. It happened because of the intentional choices we made each and every day while raising them as well as the choices they made through the perspective they developed around the achievability of dreams. These are choices that parents and children can make if they simply know how.

Give people room to be what God created them to be, don't force them to fit into your own mold

To raise a founder, you must be conscious of your choices. You must know how to identify and solve the right problems. You must be clear with your values so that you can live with authenticity in front of your children and teach them to do the same. Above all, you must be willing to involve your kids in the tough conversations, and you must share your work and your life with them.

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

The greatest gift you can give your children is living thoughtfully and with integrity because you’ll teach them to do the same.

Surround her with a village of aunties, women who have qualities you’d like her to admire. Talk about how much you admire them. Children copy and learn my example. Talk about what you admire about them.

One fact that I discovered as a parent is that we must treasure our child every day of their life. A child does not remain the same; they are a different person at various stages in their lives.

Children whose "parents are very attentive to their elementary needs are likely to develop trust and security, which may promote prosocial orientation," note psychology researchers, but those parents probably weren't consciously trying to create cooperative adults; they were just being good, attentive parents.

Women who are upset about their birth experiences but who did not write birth plans often say, "If only I had known" or "If only I had prepared." In contrast, mothers who prepare for a natural birth and write birth plans but end up with necessary interventions do not have to blame themselves for lack of preparation. They are free to mourn without self-recrimination.