2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Maybe that was the answer to good parenting—pretending the first child was the second.

A, собственно, что такое класс? Это сорок душ, сорок разных характеров. А за этими сорока душами - сорок разных семей, и каждая семья со своим укладом, и каждый уклад посеял свое, доброе или худое, в душе ребенка.

Правда, во многом виноваты родители. Сколько раз мне приходилось убеждаться, к каким ужасным последствиям приводит пресловутая родительская жалость. Мама и папа расшибаются в лепешки, чтобы создать детям с малых лет "изящную жизнь", а потом рвут на себе волосы: "Откуда он такой тунеядец, мы же с матерью - труженики". А зачем парню трудиться, если с детства ему дается все без малейших усилий.

She had come to understand that American parenting was a juggling of anxieties, and that it came with having too much food: a sated belly gave Americans time to worry that their child might have a rare disease that they had just read about, made them think they had the right to protect their child from disappointment and want and failure. A sated belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child was the exception rather than the rule.

Creo que lo mejor que podemos hacer por nuestros hijos es permitir que ellos hagan cosas por sí mismos, que puedan ser fuertes, dejarles ser mejores personas, dejar que ellos crean más en sí mismos.

I went because the nights are numbered and I do not know the count.

Expect progress, not perfection.

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.

One of the benefits the authors point out of discussing logical consequences with children rather than handing out arbitrary punishments is that the practice gives THEM the language to discuss One of the benefits the authors point out of discussing logical consequences with children rather than handing out arbitrary punishments is that the practice gives THEM the language to discuss seting boundaries and making decisions, even in conflicts with their friends.