2,497 Quotes About Parenting

The reality is that most of us communicate the same way that we grew up. That communication style becomes our normal way of dealing with issues, our blueprint for communication. It’s what we know and pass on to our own children. We either become our childhood or we make a conscious choice to change it.

The path of development is a journey of discovery that is clear only in retrospect, and it’s rarely a straight line.

Most of the time, it felt like my father and I were completely different species. Possibly literally, depending on the day and whether or not I actually qualified as human at the time.

Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment.

My mom is cool and my mom will treat you right.

I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down!

Oh fer Christ's bloody sake Martha I didna' raise ye to be well regarded. To be liked. Any puny weak-waisted slut can be liked. I raised ye to be reckoned with.