2,497 Quotes About Parenting

Yes, this... Urcheon... speaks the truth. Roegner did swear to give him that which he did not expect. It looks as if our lamented king was an oaf as far as a woman's affairs are concerned, and couldn't be trusted to count to nine. He confessed the truth on his death-bed, because he knew what I'd do to him if he'd admitted it earlier. He knew what a mother, whose child is disposed of so recklessly, is capable of.

Of course, when a parent's strong approval is won only for performing or behaving well, it fails to nurture the child anyway, because she senses she is not loved for who she is but for what she does.

Cheers to those who understand what it’s like to get a nasty text from a person whose phone they’re paying for… and not completely lose their sh!t.

The nominal father dare not tell his daughter to show restraint and guard her honor. No, he feels like a good father while allowing a 14-year-old to date and play the field. He acquiesces despite having noticed the poor romantic decisions of his sisters, aunts, and friends. The father has abdicated,the throne sits empty. The role is still required, but no one performs it, leading to chaos.

It is more useful to make a meaning like that about childcare than it is to look around the mess in your home and feel you have nothing to show, no results, for your day's work. The results will come, just not at the end of every single day, like they might in other types of work. When we adopt the habit of impact on use, parenting does become rewarding.

How many children are spoiled and grow to be incapable adults because a father could not say no? The child given everything melts down in adulthood when they meet the grinder of reality. Strategic nos would have saved them future pain. If a child melts down, remove the child from the room. The child may say,“I don't love you anymore."Answer, "Good for you." Be sure to remind them of that statement the next hour or day when they do declare their love for you.

What is the job of a parent, but to teach a child she has worth so that one day she can transform herself into whatever she wants.

Children are not born for the benefit of their parents, neither are they the property of their family. Children belong to the future.

You and I are extremely alike. Sometimes people who are alike don’t get along too well. Qualities that other people would respect, they take for granted in each other, and qualities that they wish they could curb in themselves, seem magnified in the other person. It’s like looking into a hypercritical mirror.