2,497 Quotes About Parenting

The future is shaped by the people that we send into it. And we must never forget that the child tugging on our pant-legs is one of those people.

His cumbersome mind clung to an obscure ideal, shared by many people of limited intellect and venerated with unthinking respect: to let a branch sprout from the main trunk, an extension of himself.

To need to be seen, to be heard, to be understood, is simply to be human.

A true legacy can be recognized by the fact that it will be left standing when everything else that has attacked it is not.

A father knows that the voice of a child singing is nothing less than the heart of a father that lost its voice. And so, rather than write such singing off to the ignorance of childhood muse, the wise father learns to sing again.

Never give up on your kid. Period. - Strong by Kailin Gow

Parent time is magic: downtempo and supersonic all at once, witch’s time, sorcerer hours. Suddenly, while you aren’t paying attention, everything’s changed.

Telling a child that something that matters to them isn't important doesn't convince them it doesn't matter. It just convinces them that it doesn't matter to you and often makes them feel like they don't matter, either. Remember, caring about the little things that matter to little people creates big connections.

Nothing compares to becoming aware of the massive face of the universe hidden in a newborn’s stare.