2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long.

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.

I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance, and your unconditional love.

The Tone is the Message.

If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?

A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer.

I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.

I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father, the other. Having two good, solid oars made rowing much easier.

One day his fingers will grow knobby, he will start to sag. I pray to the goddesses, the gods, the eggs, the clouds, the trees. I pray to the wind that he will grow old and die well.