2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.


If the world is so cruel you are frightened of it, I will hold you, and protect you, and teach it to love you as I already love you.

I won't do that when I'm a parent. I'll make different mistakes, of course.

But the smell of the hospital, the sting of those overhead lights in the night, the snippets of conversations I had overheard, stayed with me and marked the beginning of how I came to know what a bold and dangerous thing parenthood is. Risk was not an event we had survived, but the place where we now lived.

Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple.

If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.

If you're not parenting on purpose, don't be surprised when you get chaos from the children.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't any.

You don't gain authority by raising your voice. You prove you don't have any.