2,497 Quotes About Parenting

All that a child needs is a great love.

The greatest possessions I leave for my children are books.

Increased responsibility for babies and young children has proved just as restrictive, if not more so, than sexism in the home or in the workplace.

Bushes may not be eloquent explaining emotion, but George HW Bush's mother knew enough to be in position with her children were ready to talk. She waited up not just to ensure safety but to make the most of the moment of excited emotions. The next morning, they would congeal into polite, one-word answers.

One is worthy as a son when he removes all his father’s troubles.

A good parent is not someone that knows how to be a good parent, but knows how to learn how to be a good parent.

My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you to walk your own.

I abandoned her. It's the one capital crime of fatherhood. Mothers can fail a thousand different ways. A father's only job is: do not abandon this child.

Children have deep devotion to life and this devotion is beautifully expressed through the free play. Objects of play should be as simple as possible, to allow the power of imagination to flourish. Buying ‘perfect’, expensive toys, rob the children of an ability to see beauty in a stone or a shell.