2,497 Quotes About Parenting

An exhausted parent can’t provide the best care, although occasionally, we have all had to do so.

Think of instinct as an unscientific, unquantifiable tool that can be used along with more concrete evaluations to make a well-rounded decision.

Don’t have kids until you’re ready. And when you do have them, have them all the way. They aren’t like some Cadillac that you can turn back into the dealership after three years.

What is success, after all, but doing what you really want to do?

Parenting is a sacred responsibility with the sobering reality, of raising scholars or scars.

You can't "let go". You can't "detach with love". You can't let them "hit bottom". You can't seem to implement the strategies you have learned when you are faced with your adult child's chaos and anxiety. When you try to do this, it makes you physically and emotionally ill, and the anxiety and fear becomes unbearable.

Women are responsible for the people in the family having pants.

I fear that this is what long term relationships are all about, at base: full-time role-playing, memorized and inhabited.

With emotions ranging from fear, grief and anger to happiness and relief, the process of bringing home a child who needs in-home care can be complicated