2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

Sorting out what's good and bad is the province of ethics. It is also what keeps priests, pundits, and parents busy. Unfortunately, what keeps children and philosophers busy is asking the priests, pundits and parents, "Why?