2,497 Quotes About Parenting

. . . Mrs. Lambchop sighed and shook her head. "You're at the office all day, having fun," she said. "You don't realize what I go through with the boys. They're very difficult."Kids are like that," Mr. Lambchop said. "Phases. Be patient, dear.

The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and the person who cared for the little being that crawled out of it.

Labor & delivery is measured in hours. Birth is a moment. Being a parent is the rest of your life.

His innocence could still frighten me.

It's easier to say (I'm going to be myself and if anyone wants to be with me, then she/he has to accept me as I am...flaws and all) than it is for us to work at reducing our flaws and making ourselves more acceptable.

Some children grow up before their parents.

Your opinion should be an opinion and not an attempt to change someone's opinion.

If what you are saying is having the opposite effect on the listener, you should stop saying it. Most parents don't understand this. They keep their taperecorder on until their rebellious children go completely out of hand.

Teaching a boy to expect to make mistakes and to expect to be held accountable when he makes mistakes is the key. Teaching a boy to be able to laugh at himself... wouldn't that be such a gift? Teaching him to to hurt at his folly, cry, feel empathy, feel shame, feel remorse, and to apologize, perhaps without demanding forgiveness is an essential part of a feminist upbringing.