2,497 Quotes About Parenting

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own.

Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot. Jamie Fraser

He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought perhaps the child had known this better than he.