2,497 Quotes About Parenting

We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

Sona looked slightly horrified. “Cordelia has a tendency to throw herself into every situation headlong,” she said to Tessa and Will. “I’m sure you understand.”“Oh, we do,” said Will. “We’re always speaking very sternly to our children about that very thing. ‘If you don’t throw yourself into situations headlong, James and Lucie, you can expect bread and water for supper again.’  ”Alastair choked on a laugh. Sona stared at Will as if he were a lizard with feathers.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.

I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them.

By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.

Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.

There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience and understanding...and snatch an opportunity to shape character.