2,497 Quotes About Parenting

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation

~I'm not someone who [lives] like, 'OK, this is a museum and you can't sit here and you can't touch this and everything has to be put in its place - [the kids] live here as much as we do. You come into our house and a giant elephant and lion are welcoming you. We have toys and things everywhere.~

I am always trying to evolve, so I like to read parenting books and things like that.

Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.

When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it's a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity.

Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone.

Expectations are resentments under construction.

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.